Pretending to be 'normal' is a lot harder than you think.

Grieving is like being ill. You think the entire world revolves around you and it doesn't.

We all need to look into the dark side of our nature - that's where the energy is, the passion. People are afraid of that because it holds pieces of us we're busy denying.

There is no sound so terrible as a man's sorrow for his own death.

There's nothing quite as irksome as someone else's mess.

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

You write one book and you're ready for fame and fortune. I don't know that people are spending the time and attention on learning how to write-which takes years. Everybody sees the success stories.