"You aren't going to find anybody that's going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance."

"I can't believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary."

"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song."

"It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it."

"I feel like I'm a much better person when I'm developing my imagination and my innocence and my vulnerability. I like that version of me better than the version where I'm just working on my analytical mind."

"I write of the wish that comes true - for some reason, a terrifying concept."

"We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty."

"Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy, and science."