Don't write about what you know - write about what you're interested in. Don't write about yourself - you aren't as interesting as you think.

Over his shoulder I saw a star fall. It was me.

I didn't move. I've learned from years of experience that dogs and falcons and ladies come back to you if you stay where you are.

Say something worth the words.

Jane Austen easily used half a page describing someone else's eyes; she would not appreciate summarizing her reading tastes in ten titles.

I find that when I come out of the library I'm in what I call the library bliss of being totally taken away from the distractions of life.

It's a rare book that wins the battle against drooping eyelids.