The most reward experience is having another writer come up to you and say that they started writing because they read my books. That is how writing as a profession continues: readers becomes writers who inspire new readers.

Making sure that the geography and timelines work is always the hardest part of writing. But you owe it to the readers to get it right!

the best lie is wrapped around a core of truth

Adults, Sophie has decided a long time before, were really bad at making up good excuses.

Even that. What is the point in living forever, if it is not with the woman I love?

Wait. Look. Notice. If you keep those three words in mind, you just might survive the next few days.

What the guys have learned is that whether you're preaching to one or 10,000, it really doesn't matter. That one person you touch may change the nation - could be the Billy Graham of Ethiopia.