What we have in life that we can count on is who we are and where we come from, she thought absently. For better or worse, that's what we have to sustain us in our endeavors, to buttress us in our darker moments, and to remind us of our identity. Without those things, we are adrift.

If you are always frightened for yourself you can't act, and then life loses its purpose. You just have to tell yourself that, when you get right down to it, you don't matter all that much.

What I want to write about has changed somewhat, and the scope of the storytelling has changed accordingly.

Faith, Princess," the Prism Cat repeated. "It is a highly underrated weapon against the dark things in this world.

Friendship doesn't have anything to do with shoring up weakness. It has to do with respect and consideration for those you care about. It has to do with wanting to give something back to those you admire.

What you write chooses you.

I might add that you change as a person as you grow older, so you change as a writer, too.