It's easy to create a country, all you have to do is to think of a name for it

That's the great thing about literature -- it makes the world less lonely.

It's easy to create a country, all you have to do is to think of a name for it

The desires of the heart...are as crooked as a corkscrew.

When rewriting, move quickly. It's a little like cutting your own hair.

If you haven't fought for your life for something you want, you don't know what's life all about.

You should let dialogue get as nearly out of control as you can. Characters should say what they say to each other instead of what they mean to say. The worst purpose of dialogue is to elicit information: "You know why we're out on this space station, Carruthers - to save the universe!"