One of the hardest things for me, now that I'm famous, is finding people who can read my stuff and give me an honest critique.

Why do you have to be the same as the others? ...Most of them are stupid.

Trusting someone was like holding a little water in your cupped hands - it was so easy to spill the water, and you could never get it back.

I could fall for you in a heartbeat

A very good editor is almost a collaborator.

She wanted to say 'I love you like a thunderstorm, like a lion, like a helpless rage'.

I’ve worked with volunteers before,” he began. “It’s important not to… not to treat them like servants. We may feel that they are laboring to obtain a heavenly reward, and should therefore work harder than they would for money; but they don’t necessarily take that attitude. They feel they’re working for nothing, and doing a great kindness to us thereby; and if we seem ungrateful they will work slowly and make mistakes. It will be best to rule them with a light touch.