"There’s nothing more important than literary merit, and that’s why I not only created an award—the Julius Caesar Author of the Year Award—but I nominated myself as the first recipient. You can’t always wait for success to come to you. Sometimes you just have to create it out of nothingness. Just ask the Federal Reserve."
"Personal branding is sales, because you’re selling an image of yourself, a mirage, and you are the product."
"I bleed ink for her, because her name is written on my heart. She’s the author of all the love I have to give."
"A chance meeting in a Kansas City coffee shop may take me months of planning and twice a day visits for over a year. But I already have my stunned, surprised, and shocked speech rehearsed for the moment I act like I had no idea she would be there."
"I love letting her know how much she means to me. A love in secret is but a shadow that’s cold and lonely."
"My cup is full of air. I should empty it and fill it with love. Or coffee, as the two are synonymous to me."