Train yourself to listen to that small voice that tells us what's important and what's not.

Happiness is seasonal, like anything else

Writing isn't about the destination-writing is the journey that transforms the soul and gives meaning to all else.

You try to keep life simple but it never works, and in the end all you have left is yourself.

I focus on the writing and let the rest of the process take care of itself. I've learned to trust my own instincts and I've also learned to take risks.

Lucky is the spouse who dies first, who never has to know what survivors endure.

Ideas are easy. It's the execution of ideas that really separates the sheep from the goats.