If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy?

The questions are always more important than the answers.

If you can find your footing between two cultures, sometimes you can have the best of both worlds.

If you want something bad enough, never give up (and take a boost when offered).

Do not tell people how to live their lives. Just tell them stories and they will figure out how those stories apply to them.

The most difficult part of writing a book is not devising a plot which will captivate the reader. It's not developing characters the reader will have strong feelings for or against. It is not finding a setting which will take the reader to a place he or she as never been. It is not the research, whether in fiction or non-fiction. The most difficult task facing a writer is to find the voice in which to tell the story.

Brick walls are there for reason. And once you get over them-- even if someone has practically had to throw you over-- it can be helpful to others to tell them how you did it.