He looked at me as if I was a side dish he hadn't ordered.

He gave her a look that you could have poured on a waffle.

He looked at me as if I were a side dish he hadn't ordered.

They gave each other a smile with a future in it.

How can you write if you can't cry?

Shut up,' he explained.

How do you look when I'm sober?

Frenchmen drink wine just like we used to drink water before Prohibition.

The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have

Try to make the time frame the minimum the story will permit.

A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big enough for the manuscript to come back in. This is too much of a temptation to the editor.

Ceres wanted a united front in the plant war.""The plant war, " Percy said. "You're going to arm all the little grapes with tiny assault rifles?

if you cannot but weep when your soul summons you to prayer, she should spur you again and yet again, though weeping, until you shall come laughing

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the Earth, " the long out-of-print science fiction writer went on.

A voice is a human gift it should be cherished and used to utter as fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence go together.

Mother nature has the power to please, to comfort, to calm, and to nature one's soul.

When the gratitude that many owe to one discards all modesty, then there is fame.

Keeping things 'just in case' indicates a lack of trust in the future.

I don't do my own stunts, but I do my own fighting. I don't consider fighting to be a stunt.

I haven't got any kids yet and it is something I need to address. I'm sure that, God willing, that'll be the next and most fabulous episode of my little life.

When we ignore the world outside the walls we suffer-as does it.