Occupation: Novelist Birth: August 5, 1960
All you have to do [to win a Pulitzer Prize] is spend your life running from one awful place to another, write about every horrible thing you see. Th….
The real worth of a person came from how he acted during the bad times. (John Fiske).
Two people can care for each other but not want the same things..
Most folks here got rules 'bout trespassing. Warning shot's fired right close to the head. Get they's attention. Next shot gets a lot more personal. ….
As my father wrote, one's courage, hope, and spirit can be severely tried by the happenstance of life. But as I learned on this Virginia mountain, so….
Why can't people just sit and read books and be nice to each other?.
You haven't yet seen me be rude. When I am it's unmistakable. - Michelle Maxwell..
It's my experience that most folk who ride trains could care less where they're going. For them it's the journey itself and the people they meet alon….
It's not the beginning or the destination that counts. It's the ride in between..
Why waste time trying to discover the truth, when you can so easily create it?.
Fiction is sort of a way to set the record straight, and let people at least believe that justice can be achieved and the right outcomes can occur..
Anyone who's lived has lost somebody..
Today might not be so good. But tomorrow, you got another chance to get it right..
Time doesn't really heal, it just makes you not to give a crap.
When a poor man gives something, that is a sacrifice indeed. When a rich man gives something, it hardly rises to the same level..
Passion is a rare commodity. When you find it, treasure it and never give it up!.
It's often said that God works in mysterious ways. You have to really think about what He's trying to do. You can't be lazy and believe in God; He do….
Libraries rock! Not a sermon, just a fact. As a kid I was a library rat and books changed my life. They can change yours..
It's not getting from A to B. It's not the beginning or the destination that counts. It's the ride in between...This train is alive with things that ….
Assumptions are dangerous things. I like facts a lot better..
The human spirit was the strongest medicine on earth. And sometimes all it needed was a little encouragement to pull off a miracle..