Write from the heart, what has meaning to you personally; have the patience and discipline to sit down and do it every day whether you're feeling inspired or not; never be afraid to take chances, in fact, make sure you take chances. As soon as you become complacent, you become boring ... . Read as much as possible, not simply in the genre, or what you think you're interested in, but other things as well.

There is no plan, no future laid out for any of us beyond what we make for ourselves.

There's more to life than just surviving . . . but . . . sometimes just surviving is all you get

Even, she thought, even without the gift of witchsight, there was more beauty to be found in the world than could ever be snared in language or music. And with the sight.

[She] had felt straight away that she wasn’t meeting a new friend, but recognizing an old one.

The best artists know what to leave out.

Tattoos...are the stories in your heart, written on your skin.