“I don't want to have it all, I only want to have enough.”

“So you want to hear a story? Well, I used to know a whole lot of pretty interesting ones. Some of them so funny you'd laugh yourself unconscious, others so terrible you'd never want to repeat them. But I can't remember any of those. So I'll just tell you about the time I found that lost thing....”

“If they didn't want to know, they shouldn't have asked.”

“It's as if they take all our questions and offer them straight back: Who are you? Why are you here? What do you want?”

“Be thankful for the people who have stood by you and cheered you on, but don't forget to be thankful for the ones that said it could not be done. Writing a book is no small task and even the skeptics can help you get where you want to be!”

“I have often believed the pen to be a needle, and ink to be a thread. Each story is an intricately woven tapestry and with each word I invariably sew a piece of myself into the page.”

“You like playing with fire, don't you, Paul?""Only since I met you." -Paul and Martie”