Believe, my child. Faith is the food of survival.

Humiliation scars deeper than the lash.

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.

You must appreciate that love is the last reason for which a man marries.

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.

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

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.