A voice speaks to each of us in the still silent places - a voice that tells us to stand, to have courage, to do what is right.

Anything designed to be inoffensive isn't worth your time -- life itself is pretty offensive, ending as it does with death.

I would rather be right and die than be wrong and kill.

Every writer has something to say, but those writers whose works endure have dared to say something about the things that frighten them, confuse them, challenge them, and occasionally delight them.

This is writing. You cut out chunks of your own memories, rework them, bleed into them, breathe into the raw clay, and hope the creature lives.

You must learn to face the fact, always, that you choose to do what you do, and that everything you do affects not only you but others.

The definition of a writing career, is write a book, write another book, write another book