Remember that the writing itself is good for you. If your story is so close to home that you are afraid to write it, it probably means you need to write it.

It's funny how three or four notes of anger can be struck at once, creating the perfect chord of fury.

People say, That which doesn't kill you makes you stronger. But they are wrong. What doesn't kill you doesn't kill you. That's all you get. Sometimes, you just have to hope that's enough.

If there was ever a time to boil up some grits it is now.

When you write a novel, you make other people see your imaginary friends.

Abandonment doesn't have the sharp but dissipating sting of a slap. It's like a punch to the gut, bruising your skin and driving the precious air from your body.

I guess this is how love is when it comes undone. No matter how tight you knit the stitches, a sharp tug on a loose thread will transform your warm sweater into a mangled heap of yarn that you can't reuse or repair.