Cats are dangerous companions for writers because cat watching is a near-perfect method of writing avoidance.

You'd better know what you want, because you'll probably get it.

Fine worries, like fine wines, are at their best only after they have been properly mellowed.

I carry around such a load of non-specific guilt that every time the metal detector beeps, I always have a wild fear that this trip I absent-mindedly packed a Luger.

When you succeed in showing the real products that this disappearing life has produced, then you are said to be a winner.

The people in your life should always be more important than the work you do.

Fireworks can make us both happy and sad. It just depends if we are talking about fireworks in the sky or fireworks with another.

For many things were shown, Recorded and written down.But what is God to do, When His Word you do renounce?

One naturally identifies to some extent with an "I" female narrator going through something that you recognize whether you've gone through it or not.

My life is my work. My work is my life

Possession means nothing when the opponent takes its chances

You have given it all to me. To you, Lord, I return it. Everything is yours; do with it what you will. Give me only your love and grace. That is enough for me.

There are better starters than me but I'm a strong finisher.

Always carry a notebook. And I mean always. The short-term memory only retains information for three minutes; unless it is committed to paper you can lose an idea for ever.