I love writing books - I really do. If I could just quit everything and work on a book every day, I would love that most.

I need for there to be something bigger than me. I need someone to put awe inside me; I need to come second to someone who has everything figured out.

How many people have damaged their own lives by mistaking enablement for grace?

I want to start replacing my “fix” response with an “enjoy” response and just let people be themselves.

I started Storyline after I'd accomplished all my goals and still wasn't happy. I'd become a New York Times bestselling author, which was my goal from high school, and yet I was less happy after accomplishing my goals than I was before.

If a piece of genius comes, it comes, and it if doesn't, it doesn't.

Robert McKee says humans naturally seek comfort and stability. Without an inciting incident that disrupts their comfort, they won’t enter into a story. They have to get fired from their job or be forced to sign up for a marathon. A ring has to be purchased. A home has to be sold. The character has to jump into the story, into the discomfort and the fear, otherwise the story will never happen.