The first four months of writing the book, my mental image is scratching with my hands through granite. My other image is pushing a train up the mountain, and it's icy, and I'm in bare feet.

Approach your lives as if they were novels, with their own heroes, villains, red herrings, and triumphs.

Funny, when you finally faced reality, it was amazing how clearly you could see things.

The first four months of writing the book, my mental image is scratching with my hands through granite. My other image is pushing a train up the mountain, and it's icy, and I'm in bare feet.

live your life as if you may lose everything.

Writing is storytelling. No matter how you slice it, you're saying, 'Once upon a time.' That's what writing is all about.

If you want to be happy for life, love what you do.