“Writing is alot like religion, you need to have faith.”

“Writing is easy, its marketing that is truly hell!”

“People are universal.”

“If everyone could be a successful and rich author, there would be no point in working so hard. Where is the fun in that?”

“You think religions are constant things? inflexible and solid and form full-grown? Religions evolve. They grow out of a need, just like any other natural phenomenon, and they follow the same natural laws. They are born, grown, have sons, and illegitimate sons, and die.”

“Now listen. Faith is like oxygen. It keeps you afloat at all times. Sometimes you need it. Sometimes you don’t. but when you do need it you better be practiced at having faith, otherwise it won’t work. That’s why the missionaries built all the churches. Before we got those churches we weren’t practicing enough. That’s what prayers are for—practice, children. Practice.”

“You know some times you just have to sit still and listen to the trees.”