It was wise enough to know itself, and brave enough to be itself, and wild enough to change itself while somehow staying altogether true.

...if I have ever met someone without a single shadow on their heart, it was surely a child too young for speaking.

We need to read good books, and for that to happen, we need to share good books.

It might not be true, but that doesn't mean it's nonsense.

I always read. You know how sharks have to keep swimming or they die? I’m like that. If I stop reading, I die.

I know there's a lot of talk about self-publishing right now. Everyone's giddy with the possibilities. And I'll admit that it looks good on paper: sell your books directly and keep a bigger chunk of the profit for yourself. No rejection letters. No hassle with agents. Sounds good, right?

Now that I understand how publishing schedules work, I can understand why many authors have the sophomore slump. A year is a long time to wait for a sequel, but it's a short, short time to WRITE a sequel.