A life without love is like a tree without fruit.

No, it's not a very good story - its author was too busy listening to other voices to listen as closely as he should have to the one coming from inside.

It's not the pain I'm afraid of; I know about the pain. What I'm afraid of is the end of this small, sweet dream.

Trust, a sense of humor, and don't let the sun go down on an argument without trying to make it up. That's all I know about good marriage. I've been married a long time - it seems to be working.

If the stuff you're writing is not for yourself, it won't work.

You know," Glen Bateman said, looking out toward Grand Junction in the early light of morning, "I've heard the saying 'That sucks' for years without really being sure of what it meant. Now I think I know.

It's a writer's job to carve with language, to hew close to the bone.