Pay enough for anything and it passes for taste.

Having reached the halfway mark in the alphabet, my prime focus is on writing each new book as well as I can.

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

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.

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.

Some people can't see the color red. That doesn't mean it isn't there.

You try to keep life simple but it never works, and in the end all you have left is yourself.