Gather the shards of your courage. Patch together what resolve you can. We'll find this thing - and kill it.
Janet MorrisIf you want to write something completely unique, you will probably fail or at best write something without redeeming value. The mind works in certain patterns: the mind organizes facts in story form; it is your commonality with that body of human thought that makes a good book, not its estrangement from the common values that humans share.
Janet Morris