Act well at the moment, and you have performed a good action for all eternity.

The advice I would offer to any writer is that even when you think you have revised your book to the point where you cannot look at it again, it is time to sit down and revise it some more.

Numbers of sales do not correspond to numbers of readers.

You need your strength and you need as much support from family, friends, and loved ones as you can get.

Never walk away from failure. On the contrary, study it carefully and imaginatively for its hidden assets.

Gossip, unlike river water, flows both ways.

Men naturally resent it when women take greater liberties in dress than men are allowed.