The goat's business is none of the sheep's concern.

Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination of ditch-digging, mountain-climbing, treadmill and childbirth.

There's no sauce for play like work.

I think that in order to write really well and convincingly, one must be somewhat poisoned by emotion.

A closed mind is a dying mind.

A story must simmer in its own juice for months or even years before it's ready to serve.

I am not belittling the brave pioneer men but the sunbonnet as well as the sombrero has helped to settle this glorious land of ours.