"In my books and in romance as a genre, there is a positive, uplifting feeling that leaves the reader with a sense of encouragement and hope for a brighter future - or a brighter present."

"My office walls are covered with autographs of famous writers - it's what my children call my 'dead author wall.' I have signatures from Mark Twain, Earnest Hemingway, Jack London, Harriett Beecher Stowe, Pearl Buck, Charles Dickens, Rudyard Kipling, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, to name a few."

"All rising to great place is by a winding stair."

"When you master your attention, you master your entire perception of reality. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon."

"The distance between ambition and reality is bridged solely by consistent effort. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon."

"It is a subtle truth that reason is the torch that illuminates the dark corridors of superstition."