The poor aren't defeated. We're domesticated.

I have my teachers who tell me what to do. I'm not quite old enough yet to be truly independent.

There are really only two ways to react to the extraordinary. The first is to ponder the grand purpose until all the fun is sucked away, the second is to enjoy it.

The best writing deadlines are poverty and death.

A little style is a good thing, but you can’t trust a person who won’t be ugly in front of you.

The person you are (in total, at that moment in time) is what creates the story you're writing. It's infused in every piece of punctuation, in the plot, in the most minor character who crosses the page. It's all your voice.

Nearly everyone could be undone by an old woman's displeasure.