Writing grew out of the pleasure of escape. My novels are very much outside of my personal experience. That is why I love writing fiction. It allows me to leave my existence and inhabit other lives.

These moments were wondrous and divine, instances when the gossamer curtain between heaven and earth ripped and all of humanity witnessed the marvel of the ethereal beings.

That's l'amour: we willingly walk into the future blindfolded.

One is but a shade of the other.

Don't stay in a bad situation - whether it is a relationship or a job - out of fear of failure. It's not a failure to walk away and choose to be happy. It takes a lot of courage.

I was fifteen then, too young to fall in-love. Or maybe it is only then, with dew of childhood still in my eyes, that I was capable of such love. I will never know, of course.

But, most important, we must not become as base and treacherous as our enemies.

There are always those who would put on armour and go into battle. but the real genius is in finding a way to get what you desire without dying for it.

When the time comes, we can only expect that we have learned enough to succeed.

I started listening to the Cure around the time I discovered Joy Division and, like Joy Division, they have shaped my taste in all sorts of dark and dreary ways.

I taught myself to write in order to understand who I was and so yes, writing was an act of self-actualization in the beginning.

We don't see the banality, but we accept banality. We accept it as inevitable, and it's not.

God created the angels to serve Him and his people. If there is anything we can learn from the Bible about angels, it's that they are real. Angels exist.

Live and let live, do not judge, take life as it comes and deal with it, everything will be okay.

There are a lot of lessons that you learn, and you have to learn them quickly if you want to be competitive at this top level.

Mentorship is key to unlocking each of our entrepreneurial spirits.

The worst thing that can happen for people who don't want women to be strong is that we help each other and become a force.

The best shooters shoot the exact same way every single time they look at the basket.

We cannot wish for that we know not.

It lightens the stroke to draw near to Him who handles the rod.

The Giants were a good team, but our biggest enemy was said to be Candlestick Park.