If somebody is strong and showing good performances and perfect in the thing you are doing, there are people who want to disturb you.

Winning the overall is a dream I've had since being a young skier. It's everyone's dream.

I've learned that maybe sometimes it's better to show people who you are and what you are thinking about. That way, you can be more relaxed with yourself.

When I was a kid, I played the piano for six years, and all my family are musicians.

As authors, we all have to learn not to be reactive to public statements about our books. It's really not our business what each reader thinks of them.

I got a crash-course education in urban fantasy. I suddenly had to look up all these other writers I was supposed to be in a genre with. I instantly had to become an expert in this genre I knew almost nothing about.

We Americans have the great gifts of freedom and democracy, but it has been our education system that has fulfilled the promise of democracy.

Fifty percent of all meaningful education takes place in the home. What do you share with your child? You share your interests. I was a book person. I read with my son. My wife is an artist. She dragged his little butt around to museums. He's an illustrator of children's books.