Be prepared to work hard to be a writer.

I came to write after several mini careers. I did live theatre, managed a cosmetics store and was a local television personality.

If you loved people, you might hurt them, dissapoint them, anger them, but you never, ever, dishonored them.

Even knowing the ending was sad, I wouldn't have deprived myself the beauty of the story.

It takes far less courage to cling to the past than it does to face the future".

He lifted his gaze to the framed photograph of Tanya and him taken on their wedding day. God, she had been lovely. Her smile had come through her eyes straight from her heart. He had known unequivocally that she loved him. He believed to this day that she had died knowing that he loved her. How could she not know? He had dedicated his life to never letting her doubt it.

Be prepared to work hard to be a writer.