I have a lion inside me, and I had to feed it words every few days; when I don't, it begins to eat me instead.

There are so many different kinds of writing and so many ways to work that the only rule is this: do what works. Almost everything has been tried and found to succeed for somebody. The methods, even the ideas of successful writers contradict each other in a most heartening way, and the only element I find common to all successful writers is persistence-an overwhelming determination to succeed.

When I'm having trouble I write by hand. There is some connection between the mind and the fingers that draws out words.

Sometimes writer's block is no more than a signal that you have not done enough research.

Prayer is a law of the universe, like gravity. You don't even have to believe in God to ask.

Angels live no place, as God lives no place. They live in the space of eternity, in the center of our hearts, and sometimes I think we each serve as the channels and angels of God, touched by wings of silence, pushed to angelic acts.

To believe in God or in a guiding force because someone tells you to is the height of stupidity. We are given senses to receive our information within. With our own eyes we see, and with our own skin we feel. With our intelligence, it is intended that we understand. But each person must puzzle it out for himself or herself.