The worst enemy is one whose doctrines are founded in hate and are thus beyond debate.

It seems to me that women are freed from their responsibilities only when they are merry widows or eccentric old spinsters.

As a reader I like both great characterization and fast moving plots. The challenge is to balance the both and not compromise one for the other.

Indeed, you become what you eat. In which case I am an onion. Layered, slightly sour and guaranteed to bring tears to the eyes.

The novelist is more a marathon runner than long-distance runner and the kind of courage it takes working in such isolation cannot be underestimated. I really respect my fellow writers on this front.

Rewrite, rewrite, rewrite, don't be precious about your first draft, it's an architectural blueprint to a whole building, be your own worst critic, confront your weakness and remember it's a craft.

Trust is won not given.