Its not just a smile of momentary happiness. When it disappears from my face, it will stay with me.

Fear, he said, ran all of our lives. Fear, he said, after religion, was the most destructive force in the world.

I don't speak with proper grammar. I don't speak with dialogue attribution. I don't speak with quotation. I don't care about any of that stuff. It's about rhythm, and it's about what's in their [the character's] head, and what feels more natural. And it's about speed. I want things to move.

I'm writing books. They're still a mix of fact and fiction and will continue to be. I think it's an interesting place to work.

I feel strong. Not strong enough to face myself, but strong enough to keep going.

To live with angels and chase their dreams.

The calm. If there is God or something Higher for me it is this. The calm. If there is something that will hold me when I need to hold it is this the calm. There is no anger, no rage, no Fury. There is no want, no need, no desire. There is no hatred no shame no regret. There is no grief, no sadness, no depression. There is no fear. Absolutely no fear. When one lives without fear, one cannot be broken. When one lives with fear one is broken before one begins to live.