Once I've got the first draft down on paper then I do five or six more drafts, the last two of which will be polishing drafts. The ones in between will flesh out the characters and maybe I'll check my research.

If you love people, they kill you. If you need people, they kill you. They do I tell you!

... the most insoluble problems are those which by their very nature can have no space within them for dreams.

...she looked like the sort of woman most men would want to get to know because they weren't sure what went on inside.

Love and hate are cruel, only liking is kind

I want to know what they look like, their height, and colouring, physique and speech pattens.

Perfection, in anything, is unbearably dull. Myself, I prefer a touch of imperfection.