A home is not a museum. It doesn't have to be furnished with Picasso paintings, or Sheraton suites, or Oriental rugs, or Chinese pottery. But it does have to be furnished with things that mean something to you.
The hand that holds the money cracks the whip.
If your writing doesn`t keep you up at night, it won`t keep anyone else up either".
I loved her like a rabbit loves a rattlesnake
They threw me off the haytruck about noon.
Writing a novel is like working on foreign policy. There are problems to be solved. It's not all inspirational.