The only one who can make you give up is yourself.

Try to leave the Earth a better place than when you arrived.

The part of my writing I find the most rewarding is when people write to me or speak to me in public to tell me how his or her life has been changed by my books.

I worked in Hollywood as a reader and a would-be writer for about 6 years before I sold my first story.

you are my sun, and if the sun went out, the shadow would die.

When you write a movie, you have a hundred collaborators. But when you write a novel, it's yours.

I love the freedom that the narrative form provides.