Never buy an editor or publisher a lunch or a drink until he has bought an article, story or book from you. This rule is absolute and may be broken only at your peril.

How many words a day do I write? Between six and seven thousand. And how many hours does that take? Three on a good day, as high as thirteen on a bad one

The words you can't find, you borrow.

If the heart has its reasons, perhaps the body Has its own lumbering sort of carnal spirit, Felt in the tingling bruises of collision, And known to captains as esprit de corps.

I knew going in that being a single parent would be one of the toughest jobs I'd ever have. I'd been a talk-show host, actor, comic, and on and on, but this gig was going to be my defining moment.

You are a slave of what you need in your soul.

We kissed for about the thousandth time, No promises, no demands, Just solid rebuilding of shattered trust.

Literature is like any other trade; you will never sell anything unless you go to the right shop.

You are holy, great and mighty, the moon and the stars DECLARE who You are...I'm so unworthy, but still You love me, forever my heart will sing of how great You are!

In the 2000s, I became an artist. I started preserving and educating. I became more obsessed with making iPod playlists for people.

I am all in favor of the skeptical mind. Do not believe anything unless you have experienced it. Do not believe anything - go on questioning, however long it takes.

Ease, a neutral state between pain and pleasure ... if it is not rising into pleasure will be falling towards pain.