There are two things every woman really wants: one, she wants to know that a man really loves her, and two, that he isn't going to stop.

A rocket won't fly unless somebody lights the fuse!

A lot of folks just get it in their head that, for instance, like writing memoirs is just easy. You just write down what happened. It doesn't quite work that way.

Not much comes easy in this world, Sonny. If it does, it's best to be suspicious of it. It's probably not worth much.

The key to not getting rejected if you're writing for a magazine, is to know to read that magazine and know everything about them before you ever make a submission.

Always I try to write about people. People are interested in other people always.

Becoming a writer can kind of spoil your reading because you kind of read on tracks. You're reading as someone who wants to enjoy the book but also, as a writer, noticing the techniques that the writer uses and especially the ones that make you want to turn the page to see what happened.