“No one who keeps his mind focussed entirely upon himself, can grow large, strong and beautiful in character”

“The strong one is not the one who overcomes the people by his strength, but the strong one is the one who controls himself while at the point of anger.” Sahih Al-Bukhari”

“Characters take on life sometimes by luck, but I suspect it is when you can write more entirely out of yourself, inside the skin, heart, mind, and soul of a person who is not yourself, that a character becomes in his own right another human being on the page.”

“His soul is in his stories. I once asked him who inspired him to create his characters, and his answer was no one. That all his characters were himself.”

“He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty" - Lao-tsuOne who can control his thoughts has conquered himself.”

“It must be strange to keep your strong mind in a body that grows older and weaker and no longer resembles your own image of yourself.”