It's the secret to happiness, you know. Only take what you need.

And when you clear away the cobwebs of the description of every job in the world, at the bottom of that job is service. It's service. And I took that ethic and applied it to my writing craft.

Two different things. Work is survival, and love sustains you. You have work anytime. But love? Not always.

I don't settle in any other area of my life when it comes to excellence, so why should I lower my standards when it comes to boys?

Mama always said a good family has one heartbeat. No one knows you like the people you live with, and no one will take up your cause to the outside world quite like your blood relatives.

A library is a home filled with our stories. On every shelf, we see ourselves, experience our collective conscious, describe our dreams and our great longing for times that have passed, the sterling moment of the present and the glorious future known only in our imaginations.

There's nothing an artist needs more - even more than excellent tools and stamina - than a deadline.