Interesting people always have a past..

If you don't think you're hurt, then you aren't.

I hadn’t been paying much attention to things like the sunrise, but that old sun had been coming up anyway. It didn’t really care how I felt, it was ….

What I do know is that wondering why you survived don't help you survive..

She never felt sorry for herself, and that was something I decided I admired most in people..

A lady's hair is her crowning glory.

[Optimism] acts as a self-fulfilling prophecy..

Everything in life is gray, you know..

When I got a little older, I started writing for the high school newspaper, The Maroon Wave, and that's when I fell in love with journalism..

One of the most challenging aspects of writing a memoir is finding your own voice, and you should be very careful about being influenced by someone e….

She was developing what Mom called a bit of a sarcastic streak..

You should never hate anyone, even your worst enemies. Everyone has something good about them. You have to find the redeeming quality and love the pe….

It's really not that hard to put food on the table if that's what you decide to do..

I believe that everyone has some huge talent in them; the really lucky ones discover what it is..

In my opinion, trying to guess what readers want is the wrong approach. You have to tell your story as best you can and as true to yourself as possib….

I'm a fairly fast, but sloppy writer, so I'm a big fan of re-writing, and re-writing again..

You'll never make a fortune working for the boss man..

You're in a horse race but you're thinking like a sheep. Sheep don't win horse races..

Mom told us we would have to go shoplifting. Isn't that a sin?" I asked Mom. Not exactly," Mom said. "God doesn't mind you bending the rules a little….

Books are my very favorite gift to give. If you give a book to someone and they really respond to it, you feel you've actually changed their life in ….

As I sat down, though, I realized that you can get used to certain luxuries that you start to think they're necessities, but when you have to forgo t….