Tell him I took the cat

I generally write a first draft that's pretty lean. Just get the story down.

Love without trust? It's not love at all.

The most important thing in writing is to have written. I can always fix a bad page. I can't fix a blank one.

He pulled himself out of hard times, dealt with the scars from it, pushed himself to make a mark. A little bit of the wild side there, always. I told myself, oh no, I won't get tangled up with this one. And I said it again, even when I was tangled up.

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

The wounded recognized the wounded.