I think it's the people who have no doubt that every word they put down is gold that probably don't write very well.

If you have to pay the bills, and you write something you're not proud of, use a pen-name for that.

What looks tragic might be comic on second consideration, and what is comic might bring tears in time.

The desire to write well can never be fulfilled without hard work.

Civilization rests on the fact that most people do the right thing most of the time.

What sucks the worst is . . . this world was a gift to us, and we broke it, and part of the deal is that if we want things right, we have to fix it ourselves. But we can't. We try, but we can't.

Guilt is a tireless horse. Grief ages into sorrow, and sorrow is an enduring rider.