Every act of loving affirms the goodness of the lover just because he is capable of loving and being loved.
Actually, my first literary heroes were the Romantic poets, so I began to get serious by writing poems. I have notebooks full of them that I cherish but am afraid to look at.
Love is always a surprise and you never get it right.
Fiction begins with the senses, and the senses go to work in a place.
As a writer you can and should expect to hear conflicting responses to your story.
The purpose of the first draft is not to get it right, but to get it written.