Modesty is related to diffidence, diffidence is related to shyness, Shyness is a synonym for timidity, timidity is a characteristic of the meek, the meek do not inherit the Earth, they serve those who are self confident and self assertive.

Is rule of thumb in writing game: if story requires many long descriptions of smells so vile that will give reader nausea, is not likely to find publisher.

I always enjoyed the kids, but I didn't enjoy the bureaucracy of the educational system.

Darkness dwells within even the best of us. In the worst of us, darkness not only dwells but reigns.

Where there is cake, there is hope. And there is always cake.

I enjoy the hell out of writing but don't like what follows: promotion and publicity, which I always strive to keep to a minimum, sometimes to my publisher's dismay.

Each reader needs to bring his or her own mind and heart to the text.