When in doubt, ignore and be horribly unimpressed

If it works out, it's the best thing in the world. If it doesn't work out, it's like having your heart torn out and chopped up into little pieces while you watch. It leaves a big hollow space that never really heals.

That was the problem with loving people: it made you weak. It made you need them. It made the thought of not having them the worst thing in the world.

I always treated writing as a profession, never as a hobby. If you don't believe in yourself, no one else will.

I kissed him on the cheek and left to find Bobby Lee. Him, I trusted to be in the line of fire. But it was more than that: I wasn't sleeping with bobby Lee. I didn't love him. Sometimes love makes you selfish. Sometimes it makes you stupid. Sometimes it reminds you why you love your gun.

Here's the secret to finishing that first book. Don't rewrite as you go.

In chains and darkness, wherefore should I stay, And mourn in prison, while I keep the key.