You're dead, Cordelia.' No I'm not. 'Yes you are. You're dead. Lie down.

I was once a graduate student in Victorian literature, and I believe as the Victorian novelists did, that a novel isn't simply a vehicle for private expression, but that it also exists for social examination. I firmly believe this.

A truth should exist, it should not be used like this. If I love you is that a fact or a weapon?

My favorite author's question of all time - because it's so simple to answer ... 'Is your hair really like that, or do you get it done?

Inside the peach, there is a stone.

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.

Each form has its pluses and its minuses.