The problem, of course, was that people did not seem to understand the difference between right and wrong. They needed to be reminded about this, because if you left it to them to work out for themselves, they would never bother. They would just find out what was best for them, and then they would call that the right thing. That's how most people thought.

We should be careful of the insults we fling at others, lest they return and land at our feet, newly minted to apply to those who had first coined them.

I just focus on getting the first scene right, with a few lines about the overall plot, and then the book grows organically.

As a writer I've learned certain lessons. One of them is to be careful about how you put a view, and to bear in mind how easily and readily you'll be misinterpreted.

When you allow people to do what they wish, then that is what they do. They stop doing the things they need to do.

If your ceiling should fall down, then you have lost a room, but gained a courtyard. Think of it that way.

I am easily persuaded to continue to have fun.