She was not used to being cruel, but he had taught her how.

In our exterior life, we can be only one person. But in our imagination, we can be anyone, anywhere.

No matter where I was, my compass pointed west. I would always know what time it was in California.

I was always mortified.Didn't they know they were tying thier mothers to the ground? Weren't chains ashamed of their prisoners?

When you started thinking it was easy, you were forgetting what it cost.

I use my fiction to explore my own unconscious issues. I usually don't even know what's going on with me until I'm writing. That doesn't mean my books are autobiographical.

Most people use twenty verbs to describe everything from a run in their stocking to the explosion of an atomic bomb. You know the ones: Was, did, had, made, went, looked... One-size-fits-all looks like crap on anyone. Sew yourself a custom made suit. Pick a better verb. Challenge all those verbs to really lift some weight for you.