Things Are Strongest Where They're Broken.

I've Seen Enough Successful Writers Who No Longer Seem To Care When They Are Recognized With An Award, And I Think That's Just Tragic.

A Good Novel Is A Good Novel, Pointe Finale. And I Think What I'm Writing Is Exactly That.

Where There Is Love There Is Courage, Where There Is Courage There Is Peace, Where There Is Peace There Is God. And When You Have God, You Have Everything.

A Journalist Also Needs To Be Disciplined, And So Do I. I Am, Essentially, Lazy. Without Discipline I'd Be Just A Mass Of Gummy Bears On The Sofa Instead Of On Book Tour With My Eighth Novel.

I Went Through A Period In My Life When I Had No Friends, When The Phone Never Rang, When I Thought I Would Die From Loneliness. I Know That The Real Blessing Here Isn't That I Have A Book Published, But That I Have So Many People To Thank.