The purest magic is in the heart.

For over a year I continued to submit mss, and have them rejected - the last few with rejection letters indicated the story was pretty good, but I was American.

I was educated by the nuns. Guilt and discipline — combine those and you'll be pretty productive.

The most important thing is you can't write what you wouldn't read for pleasure. It's a mistake to analyze the market thinking you can write whatever is hot. You can't say you're going to write romance when you don't even like it. You need to write what you would read if you expect anybody else to read it.

Do you know what happens when you always look before you leap?" She reached out and touched his hand before hurrying toward the door. "You hardly ever make the jump.

Luck is luck ... What we do with it determines whether it's good or bad.

And still she felt more confident at the prospect of taking on the Russian Mafia than she did attending a backyard barbecue.