The writer must be in it; he can't be to one side of it, ever. He has to be endangered by it. His own attitudes have to be tested in it. The best work that anybody ever writes is the work that is on the verge of embarrassing him, always.

I've always tried to be honest with my audience.

History is not fable agreed upon, but truth disagreed upon.

You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.

A million things can bring you down, find one reason to keep you up.

Write a little every day, without hope, without despair.

Forgiveness does not mean forgetting or condoning wrongdoing. It is the process of letting go of resentment and cultivating a sense of understanding and compassion.