Write every day, just to keep in the habit, and remember that whatever you have written is neither as good nor as bad as you think it is. Just keep going, and tell yourself that you will fix it later.

A love story, at least a convincing one, requires three elements - the lover, the beloved, and the adventures they have together.

Hungry ears are sharp ones.

Men are competent in groups that mimic the playground, incompetent in groups that mimic the family

One of the things that Ivar knew about Mrs. Walker was that she would only tell him what she knew if he asked the right question, so he spent a portion of his time meditating over what he might ask Mrs. Walker and how he might phrase the question.

I have noticed before that there is a category of acquaintanceship that is not friendship or business or romance, but speculation, fascination.

Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.