Never argue with your characters; they know themselves better than you do

He will not let you come barging in to his world like the proverbial bull in the china shop.

That was the true terror of love, that you could love with your whole heart, your whole soul, and lose both

Nicky looked down at me with a knowledge on his face that he was holding the monster in his arms. I'd have comforted him, but it would have been all lies.

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

Put any woman in an area run mostly by men and rumors will fly. Unless you make it very clear that you are off limits, there is also a certain competitiveness that sets in. Some men are either trying to run you out of town or get into your pants. They don't seem to know any other way to deal with a woman. If you're not a sexual object, you're a threat.

I'm not sure there are enough white roses in the world to make me forget Richard." I held up my hand before she could interrupt. "But I'm not sure there are enough cozy afternoons in all eternity to make me forget Jean-Claude.