Any statement beginning with the words 'In truth' is almost always a lie.

Nobody lives forever, but we all shine on.

Money means I can support my family and still do what I love. Not very many people can say that in this world, and not many writers can say that.

I am in trouble here. This woman is not right.

...for the first time in my life, writing was hard. The problem was the teaching...by most Friday afternoons I felt as if I'd spent the week with jumper cables clamped to my brain.

Friends don’t spy; true friendship is about privacy, too.

"You need hedges.""Hedges," I said, bemused. "Yes, Edgar." He looked surprised and a little disappointed, as if I had failed to understand a very simple concept. "Hedges against the night."