I would never have been a novelist without working as a psychologist...it was a great education in human nature.

Life is like a prism. What you see depends on how you turn the glass.

Each novel is harder than its predecessor because I must work harder at not repeating myself. However, I enjoy the challenge. This is the greatest job in the world.

The science of psychotherapy is knowing what to say, the art is knowing when to say it. (36)

Government is like junior high. Your status depends upon whom you're able to persecute.

Whatever fame a novelist my attain, it's always kind of an anonymous one. I can go anywhere, and no one knows who I am.

At first, when a child meets something that scares him, the fear grows, like a wave. But when he goes into the water and swims - gets used to the water - the wave grows small. If we pull the child away when the wave is high, he never sees that, never learns how to swim and remains afraid. If he gets a chance to feel strong, in control, that's called coping. When he copes, he feels better.