I'm more influenced by my own interests than anyone else's. Writers have to entertain themselves, or they can't entertain anyone else

Oh, ma petite, you are growing gargantuan." I looked at him and it was not a friendly look. "Never tease a woman about her weight, Jean-Claude. At least not an American twentieth-century one." He Spread his hands wide. "My deepest apologies." "When you apologize, try not to smile at the same time. It ruins the effect.

being physically intimidating didn't keep you from getting your feelings hurt. Everyone's heart is the same size.

I should not have to flirt with someone while I'm trying to threaten someone else with a gun; it was too hard to do both.

Edward smiled, I smiled, even Bernardo smiled. Olaf just looked sinister.

I try not to worry about rewriting books that worked well the first time. I'm too busy writing new books to worry about things that are already in print

Perfection is an unattainable goal. It isn't going to be perfect. Just get words down on paper, and when you stumble to what you think is the end of the book, you will have hundreds of pages of words that came out of your head. It may not be perfect, but it looks like a book.