You paid for every second of beauty you managed to steal.

How many people ask you to come share their life?

Being in the library is so addictive for me that I really have to exercise self-control so I can get some writing done at home.

Appealing to the five senses is the feature that will always set writing apart from the visual media. A good writer will tell us what the world smells like, what the textures are, what the sounds are, what the light looks like, what the weather is.

Your protagonist is your reader’s portal into the story. The more observant he or she can be, the more vivid will be the world you’re creating. They don’t have to be super-educated, they just have to be mentally active. Keep them looking, thinking, wondering, remembering.

A novel is like a dream in which everyone is you. They’re all parts of yourself.

The cake had a trick candle that wouldn't go out, so I didn't get my wish. Which was just that it would always be like this, that my life could be a party just for me.