“Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.”

“I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision.”

“I make writing as much a part of my life as I do eating or listening to music.”

“Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.”

“You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies.You may trod me in the very dirt, but still like dust, I'll rise.”

“What I try to do is write. I may write for two weeks ‘the cat sat on the mat, that is that, not a rat,’.... And it might be just the most boring and awful stuff. But I try. When I’m writing, I write. And then it’s as if the muse is convinced that I’m serious and says, ‘Okay. Okay. I’ll come.”

“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.”