The big steel wheels creaked a couple times, then started moving.

I write because I love to. I'm very, very fortunate to have found something that I love doing that also earns my living. But to be honest, I'd write even if I weren't being paid to.

Having a little pee in your pants had to be better than being dinner for some redneck.

But don't ever call her ex-boyfriends by his name.

I do think it is important to look at the writing as a job though and to commit to it like you'd have to commit to a regular nine-to-five.

Write for the love of writing and you can't go wrong.

There comes a time when you're losing a fight that it just doesn't make sense to keep on fighting. It's not that you're being a quitter, it's just that you've got the sense to know when enough is enough.