People talk about dysfunctional families; I've never seen any other kind.

I only get writer's block about once a day.

It's disconcerting to realize how little you have to say to someone who once occupied such a prominent place in your bed.

Lucky is the spouse who dies first, who never has to know what survivors endure.

Writing is not about making a buck, not about publishers and agents. Writing is not about feeling good. Writing is about pain, suffering, hard work, risk, and fear.

Personally, I'd rather grow old alone than in the company of anyone I've met so far. I don't experience myself as lonely, incomplete, or unfulfilled, but I don't talk about that much. It seems to piss people off--especially men. (Kinsey Millhone)

We all need to look into the dark side of our nature - that's where the energy is, the passion. People are afraid of that because it holds pieces of us we're busy denying.