I think it's easy to get a book in a bookstore. I think it's just damn near impossible to get a book out of a bookstore.

There are four basic emotions - mad, sad, glad and scared. And if you touch those emotions then you can grab your audience, your reader.

Clean up your own backyard. Change by example. Just be the way you want others to be and hope they pay attention.

The world, and therefore the workplace, is full of idiots. And the reality of life is that when you get rid of one idiot, another will show up to take his place. It's the curse of humanity.

I think one of the mistakes typically with authors is they have written more books than they've read.

Make yourself happy and surround yourself with people who are cool with that.

I have discovered that enemies will buy your books as much as your fans buy your books because they're looking for something new to hate you for.