Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye.

Since flesh can't stay, we pass the words along.

Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments. It seems to hammer you into the ground. It drives you deeper and deeper into your own guilt. It makes the voices inside your head accuse you more viciously than any outside voices ever could.

If you imagine the world listening, you'll never write a line. That's why privacy is so important. You should write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone.

I have forgotten my rave reviews and memorized my vicious ones - like most writers.

The future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past.

I don't necessarily read everything. I read what I need to read to inspire the book I'm trying to finish.