Writing isn't about the destination-writing is the journey that transforms the soul and gives meaning to all else.

Of the first seven novels I wrote, numbers four and five were published. Numbers one, two, three, six, and seven, have never seen the light of day... and rightly so.

Lying contains the same hostile elements as a practical joke in that the 'victim' ends up looking foolish in his own eyes and laughable in everyone else's.

Sometimes I wonder what the difference is between being cautious and being dead.

If high heels were so wonderful, men would still be wearing them.

If I'd been listening closely, I'd have caught the sound of the gods having a great big old tee-hee at my expense.

Everything happens for a reason, but that doesn't mean there's a point.