"Art like life is an open secret."

“I don't know what you two are up to," Hobart said. "But you be careful now, you hear? Don't do anything I wouldn't do." "Well now, that doesn't restrict us very much, does it?" Mark teased back.”

“I never heard of anybody who admired the character of sheep. Even the gentlest human personalities in contact with them are annoyed by their lack of brains, courage and initiative, by their extraordinary ability to get themselves into uncomfortable or dangerous situations and then wait in inert helplessness for someone to rescue them.”

“it is bad manners to contradict a guest. You must never insult people in your own house - always go to theirs.”

“I feel as good now as I have any other spring training.”

Source : Interview with David Murphy, www.philly.com. February 13, 2013.

“The lightning-bug is brilliant, but he hasn't any mind; He stumbles through existence with his headlight on behind.”

“I've been blessed with a good head on my shoulders and quite a good ability of discernment. I can see through people.”

Source : "Kellan Lutz is a One-Woman Kind of Guy". Interview with Mickey Rapkin, www.elle.com. November 16, 2012.

“I've found it easier to write, to coalesce my thoughts, since having children. It brings you back to what you experienced yourself as a child, and you empathize with what your parents went through.”

“Anyone who says the artist's field is all answers and no questions has never done any writing or had any dealings with imageryYou are confusing two concepts: answering the questions and formulating them correctly. Only the latter is required of an author.”