Authors in general don’t have a lot of money, and lawsuits are expensive.

Put your characters where they are the most interesting.

Rejection is nature's way of telling you to write a better book.

Though I had no respect for Jack Lewis, I respected the hole in his chest. He was dying, and you owe the dying your attention.

Years back someone said cod liver oil was the cure-all! Cheerfulness is more palliative and with no unpleasant aftertaste.

As a team, you need to come from behind every once in awhile just to do it. Good for the attitude. It makes it exciting. And when everybody knows you have to throw it... that makes it fun too.

Women especially are trained to protect other people's feelings, and a lot of that involves not telling the truth even about the fundamental details of your own experiences and your own life.

It took me a year to really learn the American lingo. I really feel for people who are coming here and don't speak English at all. It must be hell.

Mask your brightness. Be at one with the dust of the earth. This is primal union.

If you loved music, you loved Freddie Mercury.

The old shepherd was right: The only solution was to forget a part of uncertainty and create a new history for oneself.

You cannot simplify love by cutting away all but its essence.

The friend who understands you, creates you.