Even if you're in the thick of revising another work, write something new. Something small. It's important to keep telling yourself stories.

It's my belief that people enter your life at exactly the right time.

But people in a small town tend to do a lot of talking, even when they don’t know what they’re talking about.

Nothing says work efficiency like panic mode.

The recipe for great art has always been misery and a good bowel movement.

A day of bad writing is always better than a day of no writing.

Any conversation including the mention of Roald Dahl, Ray Bradbury, or Emily Dickinson is one worth getting into or at least eavesdropping.

Nothing's a better cure for writer's block than to eat ice cream right out of the carton.

A writer always writes.

Always mystify, torture, mislead, and surprise the audience as much as possible.

If you treat your characters like people, they'll reward you by being fully developed individuals.

For every purpose there is a plan

You have a surprisingly logical mind, for a human. And a female. And a witch.

I can't tell a story in the white man's language, so I say what I want to say with my paintings.

My biggest regret is rolling in regret. It is best to pick yourself up , dust yourself off and move on.

Some people think I'm saying, 'Women of the world unite -- you have nothing to lose but your men. It's not true. You have nothing to lose but your vacuum cleaners.

Prenatal testing is a complicated decision for many women, forcing us to confront concerns about a disabled child and risks of miscarriage.

There is no dignity for either the sufferer or the torturer

Nothing is so much to be feared as Evil Report.

Individual civil disobedience was everybody's inherent right, like the right of self-defence in normal life.

Every moment of searching is a moment of encounter.