“I don’t really think our greatest memories are always great while they’re happening.”

“There is something very cool about writing your worst memories through someone else's eyes. You start to see what happened to you... almost as if it happened to somebody else. Especially if that made-up person is nice, it's a great exercise because there are many mean people in this world.”

“Life is a journey, and I may not have always lived up to my ability, but I have always lived purposefully, and I guess readers get caught up with me, raising the questions, looking for the answers, looking to be a little more understanding, a little less judgmental, a little more merciful. I hope so.”

“I think desire is the most powerful force in the universe.”

“I don't know if anybody thinks of themselves as bad. We all have excuses.”

“Life is all we have, and if we can't look at it honestly, are we really living?”

“You can almost believe what you know is not true when you really have to.”