Tip 5: brainstorm. There are no wrong answers.

Tip 1: get inspiration from songs. Songs can have great lyrics to inspire you and an amazing story!

Tip 2: be nosy, listen to conversations. You might just get a phenomenal idea!

Tip 3: read, read and read some more. You can get inspiration from plots and make it your own!

Tip 4: download or find a story plot generator. Simple as that.

Mistake 1: spelling changes. Make sure you spell names, locations, magic spells, etc, the same all the way through. Also, be consistent with capitilization.

Alaska Airlines and I have a lot in common, so coming together to delight travelers with savory, high quality food from the Pacific Northwest made sense.

What if today, we were just grateful for everything?

If your thoughts can change your actions,then your actions can change your thoughts.

Yeah, well, I finally stopped smoking for good.

I'm a storyteller... I haves a God-given gift that I can share with you and perhaps entertain you and bring you along for the ride... So when anybody tries to take that away from me, or impede that, I get defensive.

My doctors say I am very healthy.

You can be a pretty face, but if you're not a nice person, it just doesn't work. I'm not traditionally a beauty, but apparently people think I'm all right. If you're a nice person, it definitely helps.

I'm into outdoor sports like hiking, windsurfing, water-skiing.

Be the change you wish to see in this world.

I don't really like roller coasters!

When you are seeing somebody, then obviously it's a commitment. And if you don't want to commit, then don't be in a relationship. Every relationship deserves a certain credibility and respectability. For me, it's always been like that.

What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.

One should be able to return to the first sentence of a novel and find the resonances of the entire work.

I don't have a crystal ball, but I'm willing to bet one of my arms right now that as long as there's electricity, Ramones music is going to be relevant.

I tend to be a little too old to feel guilty about watching anything. Like, I watch 'Survivor' every week.

You become aware of an illness by understanding yourself and understanding the meaning that that illness has in your own life, symbolically and, more importantly, quite literally.

I do believe that the genre reached its peak before the First World War.

I've written short stories in first person, but you have so much more control writing in third person. Third person, you know what everybody's thinking. First person is very limiting, and I could never sustain a first person novel before.

The sacrifices made by veterans and their willingness to fight in defense of our nation merit our deep respect and praise - and to the best in benefits and medical care.

Is the button white or orange or green or yellow? Does it say 'sell', or 'sell now', or 'on sale' or 'for sale'? You test, you test, you test and most of the ideas you try fail and so I would argue I failed my way to success.

They call it “peace of mind” but maybe it should be called “peace from mind”.

Whereas fiction is a continual discovery of what one wants to say, what one feels, what one means, and is, in that sense, a performance art, biography requires different skills - research and organization.

One person seeking glory doesn't accomplish very much.

These years in silence and reflection made me stronger and reminded me that acceptance has to come from within and that this kind of truth gives me the power to conquer emotions I didn't even know existed.