We gain no wisdom by imposing our way on others.

You do it a day at a time. You just put your rejection slips in a shoebox and tell yourself one day you're going to autograph them and sell them at auction.

And every good artist knows that the gift comes from somewhere else, and it's there for a reason, and that's to make the world a better place.

That's one of the great advantages of age. You can say, I don't want to, I don't care, you can throw temper tantrums, and nobody minds.

Age is a clever thief. It takes a little from you each day, so you're not aware of your loss until it'd irreversible.

The best thing about being a best-selling writer is being a best-selling writer. More seriously, today I can write full time and pay the bills.

There's nothing like rejection to make you do an inventory of yourself.