A reason I became a writer was to escape the hopelessness and despair of the real world and enter the world of hope I could create with my imagination.

Do you ever wonder if--well, if there are people living on the third planet?' 'The third planet is incapable of supporting life,' stated the husband patiently. 'Our scientists have said there's far too much oxygen in their atmosphere.

We are the witnesses to the miracle. We are put here by creation, by God....We're here to be the audience to the magnificent. It is our job to celebrate.

I feel like I’ve been saving up a lot of things, and I don’t know what.

I do a first draft as passionately and as quickly as I can. I believe a story is valid only when it's immediate and passionate, when it dances out of your subconscious. If you interfere in any way, you destroy it.

If you're living in your time, you cannot help but to write about the things that are important.

Fame and money are gifts given to us only after we have gifted the world with our best, our lonely, our individual truths.