Your life might be easier if you were. A fool for love is happier than a Dog with a heart that's all leather.

Why, I’m just as true and honest as dirt. And I’m even more charming than dirt.

You know, ogres only sound stupid. Most are pretty smart." "And it's a shallow person who judges anyone by the way they sound. I'm so shallow I'm surprised I don't reflect myself.

If you have to hit--hit low.

One of the things I strive for is realism. I need to be as real as possible in the dilemmas my characters face.

Anyone who tells you they don't need to rewrite, they're usually the ones who need it worst.

Sweetheart, never listen to what my enemies say. They're very confused people. I know they are because I've spent years making them that way.