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

If I can get it down on paper without puking all over the word processor, then as far as I'm concerned, it's fit to see the light of day.

The more you read, the less apt you are to make a fool of yourself with your pen or word processor.

But in high school the business of irrevocable choices began. Doors slipped shut with a faint locking click that was only heared clearly in the dreams of later years.

A cat won't curry favor even if it's in their best interests to do so. A cat can't be a hypocrite. If more preachers were like cats, this would be a more religious country.

Directing teenage actors is like juggling jars of nitro-glycerine: exhilarating and dangerous.

Fear is the emotion that makes us blind.