“The only way you can write is by the light of the bridges burning behind you.”

“If you cannot find yourself on the page very early in life, you will go looking for yourself in all the wrong places.”

“Never worry about a book corrupting a child. Worry if your children are not getting ideas from books.”

“Only the nonreader fears books. ”

“The only way you can write is by the light of the bridges burning behind you.”

“We write by the light of every story we have ever read. ”

“As I pen these words to leave a lasting record, I wonder myself where it all began.”

“Anybody who thinks small towns are friendlier than big cities lives in a big city.”

“Fame is a funny thing, like a secret, both are hard to keep.”

“Fiction isn't what 'was'. It's 'what if'?”

“Stay away from people who don't know who they are but want you to be just like them. People who'll want to label you. People who'll try to write their fears on your face.”