It's what they say to do when you're depressed, you know. Walk in someone else's shoes for a while, and your own won't feel so tight..

I can never understand why people who have not seen me for a while ask if I am still writing. They might as well ask me if I am still breathing..

When you’ve found the right one - when you see him, when you’re with him - you’ll feel like you’re coming home..

I also know that you can lie not only by what you say but what you don't say..

An idea in the head is like a rock in the shoe; I just can't wait to get it out..

Since no one really knows what or who God is, or whether God is at all, why can't God be hope?.

The Three Cs, I told myself. When you're not Comfortable with it, it's not a Compliment, it's Creepy..

One way to tell if you're really comfortable with a person is if you can be quiet together sometimes and not feel awkward. If you don't feel obligate….

Anyone of any age, any race, any background, any education - if they write an interesting enough book - can become a published author. What it takes ….

There were so many of these moments that could never be captured accurately, even in the camcorder, only in the heart..

We all have our own battles to fight, and sometimes we have to go it alone. I'm stronger than you think, you'd be surprised..

If it doesn't sweat, jiggle, or pant, it's not alive..

You don't have to be part of a couple to be happy, you know..

…and I’m thinking how nothing is as simple as you guess-not right or wrong, not Judd Travers, not even me or this dog I got here. But the good part i….

Why is life so complicated....?' I asked. 'To keep us from being bored,' he said..

We all have found ourselves in awkward, embarrassing situations, often brought on by ourselves - thinking we are saying something clever, for example….

It's all right to have secrets, ... as long as you don't have any secrets from yourself..

Once I have the idea for a story. I start collecting all kinds of helpful information and storing it in three-ring notebooks. For example, I may see ….

People can't help the way they feel, only what they do about it. They can no longer not be attracted to someone other than their spouse than they can….

Writing, for me, is the best occupation I can think of, and there is nothing in the world I would rather do..

The first draft is just a skeleton-just bare bones. It's like the very first rehearsal of a play, where the director moves the actors around mechanic….