More books have resulted from somebody's need to write than from anybody's need to read.

Instead of past, present and future, I'd prefer chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry.

To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and call whatever you hit the target

Be kind to unkind people. They need it the most.

Please don't lie to me,unless,you're sure I'll never find out the truth.

The greatest obstacle to discovering the truth is being convinced that you already know it.

I want either less corruption, or more chance to participate in it.

I too have known joy and sadness, and, on the whole, I prefer joy.

I'll give up my bad habits as soon as equally satisfying good habits become available.

I may not be perfect, but parts of me are excellent.

Keep some souvenirs of your past, or how will you ever prove it wasn't all a dream?

I fix the cramped, lined pageswith my curious stare. How do youcome to exist?

Two types of leaders: there are thinkers and there are doers. Some are idea generators and others are the implementers.

Re-position yourself.To change your situation change your position

Urge and urge and urge, Always the procreant urge of the world.

I like to read stories where heroes are actually heroes.

Point? Maybe you aren't a Carrie or a Samantha or a Charlotte or a Miranda. Maybe you're just you.

I should probably confess that I get bored easily, which explains my reluctance to work with formula, tropes, whatever.

Powerful states can maintain themselves only by crime, little states are virtuous only by weakness.

Scotland just isn't terribly Tory.

If only a group of people were more important to me than the idea of a Novel, I might begin a novel.