A bad review is like baking a cake with all the best ingredients and having someone sit on it.

Feelings aren't sensible. Sometimes you fall in love with people who don't make sense. And the ones who do make sense turn out to be the wrong ones.

If you let anything infringe on your writing time, it will. And you won't get the writing done. Taking one day off can cost me five days of getting back in the mood. Going out to lunch can cost me anywhere from five hours to three days. And for me it's not worth it. For my own sense of well-being I have to finish my work before I can play.

There's no style, nobody dresses up-you can't be chic [in San Francisco]

My kids are more precious to me than anything. I'm with them all day, and I write all night.

I work too hard and don't play enough.

Not all forms of abuse leave bruises.