I'd be lying if I said killing off characters wasn't therapeutic in some way.

People who say you can't do something should be ignored. They're probably talking to themselves.

Writing is easy. Writing a publishable book is hard.

Park your ego and listen to your readers. They can be your best friend or your worst enemy. But chances are you'll learn something from them.

If you aren't willing to put your best work out there, write for yourself. Don't ever publish.

Writing is lonely. Until that moment you write your first character and suddenly you have company.

So it happened at last: I was about to become a thief, a cheap milk-stealer. Here was your lash-in-the-pen genius, your one story-writer: a thief.

All mankind is now learning that these nuclear weapons can only serve to destroy, never become beneficial.

Beauty is a perilous gift.

Speaking of the motto of the New York Times, "All the news that's fit to print:" It is hard to think of any group of seven words that have aroused more newspaper controversy.

If we do not want to die together in war, we must learn to live together in peace.

'Twas Easter-Sunday. The full-blossomed trees Filled all the air with fragrance and with joy.

Ahh, Earth Day, the only day of the year where being able to hacky-sack will get you laid.

I eat a lot. I eat three times a day and I snack.

Both political parties have their good times and bad times, only they have them at different times.