Writers are highly resistant to reality. Just as well or the human condition would go undocumented.

Dreams of success often get in the way of actual success.

A jewelled garden the envy of Aladdin's cave spilled across the courtyard.

Jin looked both ways for the Quicksilver Dragon before crossing the canal.

The two old men were as still as the stone bench on which they sat, as though their lengthy communion with the element had turned them into statues.

His shout was a syllable so ancient and powerful that Saffiyah's mind instantly censored it.

How is something authorised as 'feng shui compliant' he wondered. Is there a Chinese Ministry of Magic?

And be aware that people fall under one of two categories: they are either your brother and sister in faith, or they are your counterpart in humanity.

...she (the artist, the writer) doesn't wait for inspiration, she acts in the anticipation of its apparition.

We are so used to not having kids around [on Twilight] that we had to really make an effort to try and edit our language.

They tell me 'find God' like I don't know where He at. And if He lost, then why we followin' Him? Just acknowledge the fact that a Father exists, And a Devil's alive...I'm just caught in the mix.

A story is not finished, until it took the worst turn.

All of us are much more human than otherwise

America is the one that has led the effort to strengthen NATO and strengthen the front-line states against Russia's pressures.

A tip: if you're invited to your friend's country club to go the lost and found bin and pretend that you left something there. Next thing you know, you have a fabulous sweater.

Our educational system now teaches every kid the same thing. It's like rubber stamping!

I speak as much Spanish as anyone who has grown up in Southern California or Texas or Arizona. I had my three years of high-school Spanish and a couple of semesters in college.