I don't bring expectations to any of my books. I don't tell people what to do. I want to invite them in.
Barbara KingsolverWhat you lose in blindness is the space around you, the place where you are, and without that you might not exist. You could be nowhere at all.
Barbara KingsolverRoot out all the "to be" verbs in your prose and bludgeon them until dead. No "It was" or "they are" or "I am." Don't let it be, make it happen.
Barbara Kingsolver