“There's something to be said about drinking a carafe of wine by yourself ... I just can't remember at the moment what it is! (said after drinking a carafe of wine by himself)”

“God, Himself, wrote the 10 into stone with his own finger. He told the epic of mankind, our origins and our future, in a book. For me, there is no more noble a cause and no more honorable a vocation than to say, like Him, I am a writer.”

“I told a doctor once, "Doc, if you want to know what's inside of me, put down the x-ray and pick up my novel!”

“To be a successful fiction writer you have to write well, write a lot … and let ‘em know you’ve written it! Then rinse and repeat.”

“The soul of an artist cannot be muted indefinitely. It must either be expressed or it will consume the host.”

“The greatest artists express their inner self; an artist paints her rage; a writer pens his fear; a dancer expresses her sadness through movement; and a musician's loneliness echoes in his performance.”

“To me, empathy and compassion are among the bravest of emotions ... and faith, the bravest of convictions.”