Writing needs to be practiced; there is a limit to how much can be gleaned from a teacher or a manual. The true essence of writing is out there, in the world, and inside, within yourself. To write, you have to give.

Ordinary adults don't like children to speak of things that are denied them by their own gray minds.

Sorry," [Hamlet] said, rubbing his temples. "I don't know what came over me. All of a sudden I had this overwhelming desire to talk for a very long time without actually doing anything.

To each our own Hamlet.

That's the thing about destiny: It can't be predicted, and it's usually pretty odd.

For an author just starting out, you've got to deliver the goods every year or sooner or people will forget you or you will lose momentum. There is a contract that exists between author and reader.

Were you listening to a word I said ' 'I kind of switched off when you drew breath.