The sky was a sparkling succession of black diamonds on black velvet made crystal clear by the blackout.
It may take a village to raise a baby, but hell! it takes an army to produce a book.
Those who have not been stung will hardly fear a bee the same as those who have.
We can learn so much looking outside our core field of expertise.
Grabbing readers by the imagination is a writer's job.
Writers of novels live in a strange world where what's made up is as important as what's real.