Don't ever admit you know a thing about cooking or it'll be used against you.

You know how some people, when they're together, they somehow make you feel more hopeful? Make you feel like the world is not the insane place it really is?

the process of a book's coming to life is not fully complete until your imagination meets mine on the page. The words evoke pictures and something altogether new is created, something different from the limits of my own skills and imagination. Something that is a marriage between your heart, mind, and body - and mine.

Forget love. Try good manners.

Sometimes you just have to reach out and grab what you want, even when they tell you not to. This is something that I've struggled with my whole life long.

Friends are supposed to act like harbor boats-let you know if you're off course. But it ain't always possible.

I value humor, kindness, and the ability to tell a good story far more than money, status, or the kind of car someone drives.