It doesn't really matter what "genre" your book is. What matters is that it's a good book of its kind. Whatever that kind may be.

When I was young I believed that "nonfiction" meant "true." But you read a history written in, say, 1920 and a history of the same events written in 1995 and they're very different. There may not be one Truth - there may be several truths - but saying that is not to say that reality doesn't exist.

Things musicals taught me: All your problems will go away if you sing about it.

You can’t buy it, but it has a price,” said Oryx. “Everything has a price.

­Do back exercises. Pain is distracting.

The reader cannot see into your heart. He will know only what you tell him. Make the blind see your words. Make the hard-hearted feel. Make the deaf hear.

She who pays the undertaker calls the tune.