Sometimes many publishers prefer that you write the same book every time, but I have a low boredom threshold so that isn't going to happen.

... and she had worn bitterness as though it were a crown.

Not all popular novelists are good, but all good novelists are, sooner or later, popular.

A plot without action is like pasta without garlic, like Dolly Parton without cleavage, and like a writer without his similes.

I have a sofa on which I never nap, big windows with an ocean view that I rarely see because I keep the pleated shades down at all times while working. I know I'm a potential slacker, so I don't tempt myself.

Every talent is unearned, however, and with it comes a solemn obligation to use it as fully and as wisely as possible.

She was fascinated with words. To her, words were things of beauty, each like a magical powder or potion that could be combined with other words to create powerful spells.