Without books I would not have become a vivacious reader, and if you are not a reader you are not a writer.

I could fall for you in a heartbeat

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.

For success, the author must make the reader care about the destiny of the principals, and sustain this anxiety, or suspense, for about 100,000 words.

Hard work should be rewarded by good food.

To someone standing in the nave, looking down the length of the church toward the east, the round window would seem like a huge sun exploding into innumerable shards of gorgeous color.

I wanted to be some kind of captain of industry. Then I wanted to be in advertising, and then I wanted to be a newspaper reporter.