I have never been able to understand anyone on this planet who lacks a need for knowledge. Is it not God's greatest gift to us all, this capacity to think, to wonder, to imagine?

I would tell people some years later that I was raised an only child and so was my brother.

A man can't hit a woman and stay a man. He becomes a loathsome thing, even to himself. But the woman who stays with such a man panders to his darkness. They both risk their souls.

It is better to confess ignorance than provide it.

There are two things every woman really wants: one, she wants to know that a man really loves her, and two, that he isn't going to stop.

As I wrote more I became more critical of myself and I think that you have to be your harshest judge. I don't ever believe that what I write is my best work. I always think that I can hone it. I can always think that I can make it a little bit better.

A rocket won't fly unless somebody lights the fuse!