If I'm writing and a chapter isn't coming, I just move ahead.

Popcorn for breakfast! Why not? It's a grain. It's like grits, but with high self-esteem.

Fair isn't fair, Dean. Like I'm supposed to help you because fair is fair? Try I need you to help me so I wont rip out your spine and beat you with it. I might respond to that, maybe.

Don’t be afraid.” “I hear voices,” Iggy said. “Be very afraid.

A lot of times you get people writing wonderful sentences and paragraphs, and they fall in love with their prose style, but the stories really aren't that terrific.

Every once in a while, I'll have a 'Do you know who I am?' moment, at least in my head. I hate that.

Just in case you thought elephants were all sweetness, I can attest to the fact that this one had the time of her life scaring the bejeezus out of those dudes.