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I don't write fantasy, I write reality. Also, my novels have roots to Greek tragedies and as such, there has to be tragedy.
A person with autism lives in his own world, while a person with Asperger's lives in our world, in a way of his own choosing
in all the years we spend together, I never once regretted the fact that I had chosen her and that she had chosen me as well.
He was from a different class, too poor, and they would never approve if their daughter became serious with someone like him.
Or maybe watching you enjoy a carefree summer while you fell in love was what kept me out of the hospital in the first place.
He often felt that too many people lived their lives acting and pretending,wearing masks and losing themselves in the process.
People want to believe that every marriage is perfect balance but it isn't. One person always loves more deeply than the other
Really good original ideas are very hard to come up with. Good ideas - easy. Really good, original ideas - it can take months.
In the end, for me, the sole single goal is to write the best novel that I can. Whether or not it gets made or gets purchased.
I mean, if the relationship can't survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term?
I'm a novelist at heart. My sole intention is to write the best novel possible. I don't think about the film potential at all.
She squinted up at him. "But I haven't always made good decisions." Pastor Harris smiled. "All that shows is that you're human.
He finally understood that God's presence was everywhere, at all times, and was experienced by everyone at one time or another.
and in that instant, nothing else mattered. Not the song, not the place, not the other couples around him. Only this, only her.
People were destined for one another; that's the romantic idea that young girls have, and I guess part of me still believes it.
I generally don't involve myself in giving the actors some tips on acting. At the same time, I don't do that with the director.
In our time together, you claimed a special place in my heart, one I'll carry with me forever and that no one can ever replace.
Sometimes you have to be apart from people you love, but that doesn't make you love them any less. Sometimes you love them more.
In the end, everything came down to money. It came down to what a person actually did, as opposed to who they thought they were.
Nana glanced at Ben. "I think your mom has catepillars in her ears. She keeps repeating everything I say like she can't hear me.
You have to find actors who have the ability to display a wide range of emotion effectively. That's so much harder than it seems.
God is the most important thing in our lives. I suppose that's true of everybody's lives, whether or not they want to believe it.
Dean: If there is a greater power, why is it he can't get you a new sweater? Jamie: Because, he's too busy looking for your brain.
It’s the same thing. Passion is passion. It’s the excitement between the tedious spaces, and it doesn’t matter where it’s directed.
She was everything I wanted. She was beautiful and charming, with a quick sense of humor, and she supported me in everything I did.
Even if I thought he as perfect for her." She turned to face him. "What were we thinking?" "We weren't," he said. "We were in love.
All he knew was that they fit somehow, and that he felt as if he spent most of his life traveling a path that led inexorably to her.
Every couple has ups and downs, every couple argues, and that’s the thing—you’re a couple, and couples can’t function without trust.
Deep in her heart, she wasn't sure she deserved to be happy, nor did she believe that she was worthy of someone who seemed...normal.
As they spoke, the only thing I could think about was that scene from Julius Caesar where Brutus stabs him in the back. Et tu, Eric?
Mom says it's because she has PMS. Do you even know what that means? "I'm not a little kid anymore. It means pissed-at- men syndrome
I want her to be smart and kind... and I want you to fall in love with her, because you shouldn't spend the rest of your life alone.
I read over a hundred books a year and have done so since I was fifteen years old, and every book I've read has taught me something.
That he would love her no matter what she told him, and that he was the kind of man who loved her already and would love her forever.
God is out there watching you, even when you're away from home and that if you put your trust in God, you'll be all right in the end.
Now it was coming to an end, and it was like he was watching the last flicker of light wink out in the darkness of an endless tunnel.
I have a great wife and it's very easy to be romantic because it makes her happy and then my life is so much better when she's happy.
All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story.
Poets knew that isolation in nature, far from people and things man-made, was good for the soul, and he'd always identified with poets.
When you know that someone close to you is going to die, there's a natural tendency to want to spend as much time with them as you can.
Inspiration can come from anywhere - an image, a comment, something that's happened to me or someone I know. It's hard to know exactly.
At night, when I am alone, I call for you, and whenever my ache seems to be the greatest, you still seem to find a way to return to me.
The problem isn't finding out where you are gonna go-its figuring out what you are gonna do once you get there that is! (Jamie Sullivan)
Even though he was here, she couldn't quite process it. She squeered her eyes shut before opening them again. Yep, still there. Amazing.
You have no idea how much the last few days have meant to me," I began. "Meeting you has been the best thing that's ever happened to me.
I do labor - it's part of the process. Writing is no easier today than it was in the beginning: writing well is very hard to do. Always.
As a writer, I will tell you that darkness is so easy to make interesting. It is so easy because you're allowed to do anything you want.
Our souls were one, if you must know and never shall they be apart; with splendid dawn, your face aglow i reach for you and find my heart
As hard as it was, as terrible and unfair as the way things turned out, i wouldn't have traded the few days i spent with him for anything
Writing the last page of the first draft is the most enjoyable moment in writing. It's one of the most enjoyable moments in life, period.