Be what you are; it is better that way. --Dolph

When one person makes an accusation, check to be sure he himself is not the guilty one. Sometimes it is those whose case is weak who make the most clamour.

Is it foolish to care for non-existent folk?Then, leave me to my foolishness.

Information is power. --Humfrey

The library is a place of mental diversion, learning, and comfort for anyone who has an intellect. I know of no librarian who when asked for food for the mind will offer a stone. What more could anyone ask?

I never do a full outline, and if I did, I would not feel bound to it, because the view from inside a scene can be different from the view outside it. But neither do I just start writing and see what happens; I am far more disciplined than that.

It would be easier to write a novel without reader input, but I feel the fiction is richer for it.