Quotes from Eric Walters

I always have a rough outline, but I'm shocked at how little I actually follow it. Those characters keep doing things that I never expected. I think if I crept up to my keyboard and peeked, they'd be talking about things behind my back. Okay, that's a little paranoid and delusional... but just a little.

I'm a big believer in bibliotherapy. Books have the power to change lives: what we think and what we do.

I don't chase publishers. Publishers chase me.

I wrote my first 30 books as a teacher. I would read to my classes, and they'd give me feedback. I was trying to role model.

The first time my father woke me up in the middle of the night to tell me he was going to die, I think I was eight. He brought out all his papers and explained to me what to do with his body and who to call and how to take care of things. You either learn how to survive, or you fall to pieces. I'm pretty good at surviving.

If Donald Trump were elected, it would be the first time a little boy became president.

My whole background as a social worker has allowed me to understand human behavior in difficult situations. Working in Kenya, I see the most desperate situations - things I could never believe possible - and then have to try to find solutions.

Every Journey, no matter how far, starts with one step

No matter where you go, no matter how far you run, you can't run away from yourself.

You'll have to be grateful for what we can do instead of angry about what we can't.

The problem with a liar is that he doesn't believe anybody else is capable of telling the truth.

Crisis doesn't change people; it reveals them.

Nobody is asking you to forget," I said. "I'm asking you to remember those that you saved and to honour those you couldn't save. Giving up your life honours nobody, saves nobody. By living like this you're saying that life isn't precious. It is precious. Every life...including yours. Don't let Rwanda - don't let evil - claim one more victim. Don't let yourself be another casualty of Rwanda.

I'd had some dates that crashed and burned, but not the way that could happen in a plane.

How strange to think there was something worse than death.

Please remember that even when we stand apart, we still stand together.

strangers were just people he hadn't become friends with yet.

And in the meantime we have to be like a duck." "A duck?" I asked. "Calm on the surface but paddling like crazy where nobody can see it.

The problem with liars is they don't believe anyone is capable of telling the truth.

I've always found it's easier to be ignorant.

Fun isn't what it used to be.

Just do what he says!" the youngest guy said. Quickly they all started to undress until the five men were standing there, naked. They were being held at bay by an old guy and a kid, neither of whom was wearing a shirt. It was a pretty ridiculous scene, lika a game of strip poker that was going horribly wrong.

There's one other thing," I said. "Your father was wrong." "My father? Wrong about what?" "You said to me that he once told you that nobody ever thanks a soldier." I paused. "I want to thank you...for what you tried to do and what you did do. Thank you.

Any more questions before we head in?" he asked. There were lots of questions, but I didn't want any more answers. "I'm good.