“When it comes to the core of who we are, it takes incredible effort to shift more than one standard deviation from the mean of your life.”

“For some strange reason I get some of my brightest ideas on the toilet seat, with my clothes on.”

“Dreaming is easy. Creativity is a lot of work.”

“Three people I take their words with a grain of salt: a person in love, a drunk and an insurance agent. They never really mean exactly what they say.”

“My son hit his head on a couch and pushed it away. He never went near that couch again. It is amazing what and 1 year old boy can teach you about life.”

“If I knew what I know today, years ago, I wouldnt change a thing about anything. I would not have appreciated what I know today if it hadnt been for what I didnt know.”

“Being a writer all boils down to this: It's you, in a chair, staring at a page. And you're either going to stay in that chair until words are written, or you're going to give up and walk away. The ...”

“When male authors write love stories, the heroine tends to end up dead.”

“Im likely to stay here, pen in hand, until dusk comes and my writing melts into the twilight.”

“It is worse than useless to do things halfway Bee, for then you think the work is done, but someone must come behind you later to do it all over again. Even if you must work much harder and get les...”

“Youre worth ever bead of sweat and every groan of frustration. Youre worth the work, youre worth the wait, youre worth everything I have to give you. I moved closer, so our foreheads were pressed t...”

“The truest form of love is how you behave toward someone, not how you feel about them.”

“Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and immediately all my biggest fears start running through my mind. I wonder if my fears will one day be my new reality. The fears seem so real. I str...”

“You may be a poet and not even know it.”

“Destroy your life; then put it back together.You'll get great material, meet some fascinating characters and side benefit the skills you develop will give you greater compassion, insight and rang...”