Writing is the only thing that makes me feel alive.

Don't mistake determination for desperation. Someone who is persistent will stop at nothing to get their way.

Determination goes a long way when pursuing dreams.

All situations can be resolved peaceful. We should advocate for kindness instead of violence.

Some people behind leave a legacy, some leave behind children. Which would you prefer?

We can not improve humanity if everyone is conforming to society's standards. Set your own standard, and find out for yourself.

If I didn't have enormous dreams, I wouldn't have come this far!

I would rather spend money on something, that fulfills me for eternity. Rather, than something that fulfills me for only an hour or two.

I would have died, before a literary agent ever committed to my book. This is why I chose to empower myself by self publishing.

As a writer, my job is to change your perspective, and make you think outside the box.

I would not be myself without writing.

It is unpleasant and disturbing to be rejected. It is deeply satisfying to be accepted.

Your only limitation in life is the limitation of your mind.

Sometimes you have to stop and ask yourself who’s really stupid, the guys who stop and pick you up, or you, for being out here in the first place?" - excerpt from: freefalling

I appreciate humor so much, but I'm actually not a funny girl.

I'm well trained. The only reason I am this slim is that I have to fit into the clothes. The samples are size 8, and I am naturally a size 10 to 12. I have been on a diet for my entire life.

True knowledge comes with deep understanding of a topic and its inner workings.

I have always known that writing fiction had little effect on the world; that if it did, young men would not have gone to war after The Iliad.

The problem is that Islam does not have a pope, so there's no one guy to say, 'This isn't kosher'...Not that he would.

A Congressional Budget Office report released as recent as June 2004 says the system will be able to pay full benefits until 2052, and 80 percent after that.

Everything in the universe has a purpose. There are no misfits, there are no freaks, there are no accidents. There are only things we don't understand.