We have a tendency to put ourselves last, we concentrate on everything else; work, friends, family, home issues, but we ignore the deeper stuff until it becomes so compressed that it can explode.

Decide where and when you want to write. I like space, and silence is an inspiration to me.

To mention it was to ask a favor and that as you were too generous, and as for her to ask was always to have, she wouldn't

I never grew up thinking the goal in life was to be a millionaire. All the way through college, I had a part-time job. I worked hard to get the things that you need at that age.

Love can change us beyond recognition, we become love-sick, soft-eyed jelly-bellied fools.

I always pushed myself. Whenever I felt I needed to stop, I made myself run faster.

Katie is like my calendar, watching her grow and change. She is growing up so fast, learning to have opinions of her own, learning that I don’t have the answers to everything. And the moment a child begins to understand that, you know you’re in trouble.