Because even if the whole world was throwing rocks at you, if you still had your mother or father at your back, you'd be okay.

If I don't cry while writing a key emotional scene, my gut feeling is it's failed.

Try to write at least 500 words a day. You may ditch 499 of them tomorrow, but you will still be moving forward.

I chose to believe that God, a benign God, would understand our sufferings and forgive us our trespasses.

The only thing Jess really cared about were those two children and letting them know they were okay. Because even if the whole world was throwing rocks at you, if you had your mother at your back, you'd be okay. Some deep-rooted part of you would know you were loved. That you deserved to be loved.

Just live well. Just live

"What if I like watching television? What if I don't want to do much else other than read a book?"... "What if I'm tired when I get home? What if I don't fill my days with frenetic activity?" "But one day you might wish you had."