As a Southerner, I love obstacles for my characters..

Reading develops cognitive skills. It trains our minds to think critically and to question what you are told. This is why dictators censor or ban boo….

It really sucks getting older. Sometimes I'll be walking along and I'll just glance over my shoulder to make sure nothing has fallen off..

You can take my heart, but I can't let you take my dog..

I don't understand people who say they're bored. Look out your window..

Everyone had a reason for everything they did, even if that reason was sometimes stupidity..

Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest..

If you're a smart guy, you should really try to find out what women are thinking. I mean, we are 51 percent of the population..

Don't try to follow in my footsteps. Make your own footsteps! No one else can tell the stories that are inside of you except for you..

Reading is not just an escape. It is access to a better way of life..

I was with a real jerk after the first heartbreak, and once I did the prerequisite eating an entire cake and singing "All By Myself" in the shower, I….

I'm afraid of the general things that everyone is afraid of: a bump in the night that could be a cat or Death dragging his sickle across the room; lo….

The plot is very important because writers have to play fair with their readers, but no one would care about the plot if the character work wasn't th….

I never felt isolated; I just liked being alone. I think that some people are good at being alone, and some people arent, and as a child, I really li….

Usually, guys, when something bad happens, they punish someone else..

Being a Southerner, Im interested in sex, violence, religion and all the things that make life interesting..

sexual predators were like cockroaches. For every one you saw, there were twenty more hiding behind the walls..

You didn't realize what was passing you by until you slowed down a little bit to get a better look..

Even Gone With the Wind had a shocking, cold-blooded murder..

Keeping libraries open, giving access to all children to all books is vital to our nation's sovereignty..

[On men:] ... you never know what they're like until you get them home and take them out of their packages..