If Jana had been given to putting her thoughts into words, she might have told Laxmi that without someone to love, there was no reason to live.

I wouldn't encourage new writers to start off publishing through electronic media... it still isn't wide enough for the readership they would need to get a good start

I have a shelf of comfort books, which I read when the world closes in on me or something untoward happens

But I will say that living in Ireland has changed the cadence and fullness of speech, since the Irish love words and use as many of them in a sentence as possible

Make no judgments where you have no compassion.

I think the Internet, particularly the availability of information, is great. I do a lot of correspondence on-line and have a chat line to talk to my fans as well

I did not have a chance to write novels until my youngest child started school fulltime

I think writers need windows on a view to remind them that a whole world is out there, not the minutiae with which they might be dealing on a close scale

How much can a dragon carry? As much as it thinks it can

What I used to do between writing fits was feed my kids, ride my horse and go shopping for cat and dog food.

Living is struggling to do something impossible; To succeed or die, knowing that you had tried.

The first thing is to hang on to everybody who is talented, who is entrepreneurial, who wants to make an impact and a change and start attracting ones.

The shock, for an intelligent writer, of discovering for the first time that there are people younger than himself who think him stupid is severe.

Vodka! That's a child's drink, why am I drinking this stupid drink, oh and why am I on a traffic island?

He made his life a lie so he might never have to know anyone.

I loved you when I saw you today and I loved you always but I never saw you before.

Life's harder, the deeper you feel things.

Outsiders have the intuitive ability to continually view problems in fresh ways and to identify ineffective practices and traditions.

The Lord is kind. He is good to all who take refuge under his wings.

Tread softly for you tread on my dreams. -Honor,from the Summer King.

Feminism is one way of attacking society as it now exists.