And when you clear away the cobwebs of the description of every job in the world, at the bottom of that job is service. It's service. And I took that ethic and applied it to my writing craft.

All the things I thought I was - simple and plain and sometime funny - are very small words. They do not begin to describe me. They do not begin to express what is inside of me. I have value, and I have worth. I cannot be replaced like old shoes or taken for granted like tap water.

When people are filled to the brim with love, they are their most beautiful.

When a girl is beautiful, she gets to pick - she never has to wait for someone to choose her.

The wedding vows are a license to be a complete jerk, with full knowledge that the person you married has agreed, no matter how large a horse's ass you are, to stay by your side until death. A fool could tell you this is a bad deal.

There's nothing an artist needs more - even more than excellent tools and stamina - than a deadline.

Motherhood changes everything.