Who but an English professor would threaten to kill a duck a day and hold up a goose as an example?

I don't think America has ever had a center the way London is the center of England or Dublin is the center of Ireland.

Whatever you're working on, take small bites. The task will not be overwhelming if you can reduce it to its smallest component.

When you don't know what to do, try something; if that doesn't work, try something else.

I think a lot of what is going on with kids who get pushed too far and attempt either murder or suicide is that they are trying to deal with their own non-existence for the people who are supposed to care most for them.

I suppose all writers worry about the well running dry.

Some authors have a very hard time understanding that in order to be faithful to the spirit of the book, it's almost always impossible to remain faithful to the text. You have to make changes.