“In art, music, and writing, if it's not of the heart, it means nothing.”

“Only the broken beyond repair could know my anguish.”

“Even the shortest love story reminds me of how much I love you.”

“A person who loves you through your idiosyncrasies, despite the tiny inclusions, is a diamond worth keeping.”

“She refused to know love again. The thought of another heartbreak was far too much for her to bear.”

“Just when you think you have it all figured out, an epiphany arrives at the higher level of one's consciousness.”

“Treat backstory like a pungent spice. I say this to encourage you to picture a jalapeno pepper that can set your mouth on fire, every time you even think about adding backstory into your book. What...”

“Backstory is like a flavour you cant quite pick, lurking in the layers of a curry. You know its there and it enhances the flavour, but its intangible and fleeting. Use it sparingly!”

“It's said that there's three sides to a story: yours, mine, and the truth. Check out God in Wingtip Shoes and The Prison Plumb Line to explore all three.”

“I have never known anything to be as exquisite or as excruciating as the Love-Hate relationship I have with writing.”

“As with writing by candlelight, ones greatest ideas come from the flickering between darkness and light.”

“There are times you wake up in the middle of the night, fingers hit the keyboard and you allow words to flow. That is a writer.”