Things change…things happen…things you can’t even imagine when you’re young and full of hope.

Do not tell me what to do and do not tell me what I can't do.

Each of us must confront our own fears, must come face to face with them. How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives. To experience adventure or to be limited by the fear of it.

My characters live inside my head for a long time before I actually start a book. They become so real to me, I talk about them at the dinner table as if they are real. Some people consider this weird. But my family understands.

Its all about your determination, I think, as much as anything. There are a lot of people with talent, but its that determination.

Suppose there aren't any more A + days once you get to be twelve? Wouldn't that be something! To spend the rest of your life looking for an A + day and not finding it.

I'm an e-mail junkie though I'm trying to read my in-box only twice a day and to answer all at once.