You can't make anyone love you and you can't stop anyone from dying.

Poise and indifference so often look the same.

Writing is self-taught. Consulting other people only teaches you to depend on their reactions, which may or may not be legitimate. Quit looking for approval ... Learn to evaluate your own work with a dispassionate eye ... the lessons you acquire will be all the more valuable because you've mastered your craft from within.

He might be a man without character, but she was a woman without courage. Of the two, which was worse?

Sometimes I claim I write because I put in an application at Sears and they've never called back.

There are days when none of us can bear it, but the good comes around again. Happiness is seasonal, like anything else. Wait it out. There are people who love you. People who can help.

Give yourself time to get better.