I write because I feel driven to write. I write from a sense of inner necessity. I don't write for anything other than that.

If you want to be proud of yourself, then do things in which you can take pride

A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power.

To find a mountain path all by oneself gives a greater feeling of strength than to take a path that is shown.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

Desire outweighs footwork when it comes to crashing the glass

It could be argued that every age gets the comfort savagery writer it deserves.

Anyone can get a job, but do you have a purpose?

If you are in a bad relationship with anyone else, it is because you are in a bad relationship with yourself.

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.

The summer demands and takes away too much. /But night, the reserved, the reticent, gives more than it takes

I was thinking: Girls get scared way too often. Girls get stupidly scared. I was not scared.Telling myself not to be scared kind of worked.

Every minute you spend with someone gives them a part of your life and takes part of theirs.

Luckily I haven't fallen into the trap, which has claimed so many writers, of living from day to day thinking 'Ah, I'll write a book about that.'

Cruelty signifies rigor, implacable intention and decision, irreversible and absolute determination.

I really don't want to in the press, genuinely don't want to be in the press.

When your mouth drops open, click the shutter.

It's better to write about things you feel than about things you know about.

We live in a society today where these children can be wanted children. Even if you don't want to keep this child after you've had it, there's plenty of young couples out there, that want children.

The world is full of Kings and Queens, Who blind your eyes and steal your dreams.

being funny is a way of being liked and a way of dealing with sadness.