We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.

I feel like I'm waiting on something that isn't going to happen Don't complain; just work harder.

Better to fail spectacularly than do something mediocre.

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.

I also think my dad would be reminding me that kids — more than anything else — need to know their parents love them. Their parents don't have to be alive for that to happen.

If you have a question, then find the answer.

It's interesting, the secrets you decide to reveal at the end of your life.