know what you want, work to get it, then value it once you have it.

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We're all victims of what life deals out. It's how we handle it that's important.

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Life has very little even ground.

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Anyone that has character leaves a mark on another. Would you like to leave the world without making a ripple?

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People and relationships never stop being a work in progress

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Courage comes in different forms. There's strength--that's the muscle. But love's the heart. When you put them together, you can do anything.

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When you find nothing... it means you're eliminating what surrounds the something.

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You can't edit a blank page

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Action, reaction, motivation, emotion, all have to come from the characters. Writing a love scene requires the same elements from the writer as any other.

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I guess money can't buy happiness if you shop in the wrong places.

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