Life is not a song, sweetling. Someday you may learn that, to your sorrow.

Nothing someone says before the word 'but' really counts.

Why do our dreams become so much smaller when they finally come true?

It’s being ready to accept rejection. You can work on a book for two years and get it published, and it’s like you may as well have thrown it down a well. It’s not all champagne and doing interviews with The New York Times.

I've been very lucky. There were times when I was afraid I would never sell another book, but I never doubted I'd write another book.

If a man paints a target on his chest, he should expect that sooner or later someone will loose an arrow on him.

How much can a crown be worth, when a crow can dine upon a king?