In [writing] fiction, every sentence is its own reward.

I hid my deepest feelings so well I forgot where I placed them.

My mother said I was a clingy kid until I was about four. I also remember that from the age of eight she and I fought almost every day.

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.

So sad! This is the saddest part when you lose someone you love- that person keeps changing. And later you wonder, Is this the same person I lost?

I am like a falling star who has finally found her place next to another in a lovely constellation, where we will sparkle in the heavens forever.

Writing is an extreme privilege but it's also a gift. It's a gift to yourself and it's a gift of giving a story to someone.

I was six when my mother taught me the art of invisible strength..."strongest wind cannot be seen."

How can you blame a person for his fears and weaknesses unless you have felt the same and done differently?

Libraries are the pride of the city.

Who knows where inspiration comes from. Perhaps it arises from desperation. Perhaps it comes from the flukes of the universe, the kindness of the muses.

My ghost is the only soul who ever comes to cry on my grave... Only the skies cried sincerely on my funeral.

Seriously, this old woman had no idea how close she came to being squashed like a roach. -Sage Hannigan, Contingency

Kids these days are kind of going back to Tupac and Snoop Doggy Dogg as examples of people that stand for something.

I think Hillary Clinton has a lot of lee way to go, either direction, and to probably most likely try to fudge it and get both parts of the party into talking points.

I have embraced crying mothers who have lost their children because our politicians put their personal agendas before the national good. I have no patience for injustice.

To be extravagant you need money. True. But you do not need your own money.

Be not inhospitable to strangers lest they be angels in disguise.

There's not enough of those inclusive projects where I feel like I'm interpreting a human being and not just a statistic or a nationality.

What we shouldn't do is let people who want to come here make the decision themselves. America should be in control of its own borders.

I think the industry can probably self-correct without regulation, but I don't believe an individual outlet can regulate itself.