I need time to develop the idea into a plot before I talk about it.

None of great sages of China preached the precept of love as a guideline for human behavior.

My experience is that an original and compelling idea for a novel is a rare thing.

I've never discovered the idea for my next novel while I was still working on the current novel. Other writers don't suffer this.

I can only write one novel at a time. The author of the Perry Mason novels, Erle Stanley Gardner, often worked on four novels simultaneously, and produced a million words a year. I'm envious.

I researched fiction writing for months before I taught my first class, much of it looking for strong techniques from bestselling authors.

My students - all adults - bring a lot of writing skill to the first class, and they and I get better as the class progresses.

Many sacred souls but same Spirit.

If I preached unity, I must act like a unifier, even at the risk of perhaps alienating some of my own colleagues.

I try to not be too hard on myself regarding my diet. I've always been a workout-to-eat kind of a girl. I like to eat, to say the least.

You're on your way, Jose!

Though I was a Catholic, I recognized that Protestant churches had something.

I hate flying. I don't planes. I get really anxious.

I believe the term "blog" means more than an online journal. I believe a blog is a conversation. People go to blogs to read AND write, not just consume.

I dont like any of them, because they don't read the books. In Kiss Me Deadly my story is better than his story. Anthony Quinn played in The Lond Wait and he didn't read the book either.

It grieves us to produce work that is not perfect.

I trust no rich man who is officiously kind to a poor man.