Once she'd been a victim- helpless, used, and broken. Now, she was a warrior.

Even a good place gets to be a rut, especially if you're standing in it alone... Alone and lonely have the same root.

[As a writer] you have to have the three D's: drive, discipline and desire. If you're missing any one of those three, you can have all the talent in the world, but it's going to be really hard to get anything done.

Every writer has to figure out what works best - and often has to select and discard different tools before they find the one that fits.

Nobody's that naive," she muttered. "Nobody's that guileless." "He's from Nebraska." Peabody scanned her pocket unit. "From where?" "Nebraska." Peabody waived a hand, vaguely west.... "They still grow them pretty guileless in Nebraska. I think it's all that soy and corn.

Three weeks hadn't changed Cop Central. The coffee was still poisonous, the noise abominable, and the view out of her stingy window was still miserable. She was thrilled to be back.

I think those who have impact and influence over us are often unaware.