The trouble with words is that you never know whose mouths they've been in.
I haven't had a single moment of terror since they told me [I was dying]. My only regret is to die four pages too soon. If I can finish, then I'm quite happy to go.
A writer helps to show you things you knew but didn't know you knew.
It is a dangerous thing to have instant access to your emotions.
Metaphor is embodied in language.
A bad act done will fester and create in its own way. It's not only goodness that creates. Bad things create. They have their own yeast.