I calmed myself by walking into my nearby bookstore and marveling at all the books other people had written. So many people had finished and published novels; it couldn’t be so hard, right?

When you are expending much energy on someone else's demise, it's like you weaken your psychic immune system.

Sometimes it can be useful to read your bad reviews.

As a writer, you want to go somewhere else sometimes. You want to vary the terrain that you're exploring.

It's fascinating to imagine two successful writers in one house. But when you think about it, it isn't very unusual. In fact, so many writers have writer spouses.

No matter what you wear, not everyone is going to understand what you're saying.

We want to believe we couldn't be replaced, and that the people we love are irreplaceable.