I still try to make the "next" book my "best" book. I want to grip and move you in unexpected ways.
As for superpower: I wish I could eat a million pastries and not gain weight. I wish I were Pastry Woman.
I have one rule I live by: Only do what you can do. That neans you're never looking outside for what's popular; you're always looking inside for what's true.
New Yorkers are born all over the country, and then they come to New York City and it hits them: Oh, that’s who I am.
In Los Angeles, by the time you're 35, you're older than most of the buildings.
There is something fantastic about getting divorced. Everyone should do it to experience the extraordinary sense of freedom after being in marriage jail.
in the family I grew up in, being called boring was like being called an ax murderer.
One of the most important rules for success is this: Every great success is the result of hundreds and thousands of small efforts and accomplishments that no one sees or appreciates.
The young Centurion, who had been completely still throughout, said very softly, as though to himself, "Greater love hath no man--" and Justin thought it sounded as though he were quoting someone else.
As a born-again Christian, I believe God actively and directly influences me to action.
I attended the public schools. And I have happy memories and strong memories of those days and good memories of the good sense and the decency of my friends and my neighbors.