Fear is the emotion that makes us blind.

Like anything else that happens on its own, the act of writing is beyond currency. Money is great stuff to have, but when it comes to the act of creation, the best thing is not to think of money too much. It constipates the whole process.

Artistic talent is far more common than the talent to nurture artistic talent.

Terrible thing to live in fear. Brooks Hatlen knew it. Knew it all too well. All I want is to be back where things make sense. Where I won't have to be afraid all the time.

She had never dreamed there could be so much pain in a life when there was nothing physically wrong. She hurt all the time.

I think you're a taker. You've always been one. It's like God left some part of you out when He built you inside of me.

A successful novel should interrupt the reader’s life, make him or her miss appointments, skip meals, forget to walk the dog.