Energy is neither created nor destroyed. It just changes shape.
Some matters are simply contentious. Sometimes you're never going to get it right.
When people first discover beauty, they tend to linger. Even if they don’t at first recognize it for what it is.
A writer is like a stick of rock - the words go right through.
I'm interested in stories that aren't getting told: it's where my interests lie.
The definition of a beautiful woman is one who loves me.
Whoever said that a straighten hand was more dramatic than a healed heart?
I think the sixties must have been quite a lot of fun.
In the mess of moving from place to place, I skipped two grades in the space of one year.
I am very interested in place, and the influences of place on characters.
I've always written about animals. I'm still trying to process why that is.
You have to leave room for God's grace. Perfect is God's job.
You have one chance to write the story of your life. Make it a bestseller.
Writing was always an aspiration, but I'd kept it a secret even from myself.
I write sets of books, but I've also written a lot of orphans.
I am a trained professional liar. Do not read me as a textbook.
How can life end in the middle of the story? Because life always does.
I think of myself as a plain human being who happens to be an American.
I write for the same reason I read: to find out what's going to happen.
It is only possible to live happily ever after on a daily basis.
Authors are sometimes like tomcats: They distrust all the other toms but they are kind to kittens.
