Novels are just another kind of cross-dressing, aren't they?

You can learn a lot from your lovers, but-for the most part-you get to keep your friends longer, and you learn more from them.

Self-hatred is worse than loneliness.

Most places we leave in childhood grow less, not more, fancy.

It doesn't really matter who said it - it's so obviously true. Bevore you can write anything, you have to notice something.

The time to read Madame Bovary is when your romantic hopes and desires have crashed, and you will believe that your future relationships will have disappointing - even devastating - consequences.

Never trust a man with a lunatic wife in an attic, " Richard told me. "And anyone named Heathcliff should make you suspicious.

That's okay, " I said. "We're writers. We make things up.

You can't possibly know that you're going to be a writer!" Miss Frost said. "It's not a career choice.

Small towns may revile you, but they have to keep you-they can't turn you away.

We Christians must simplify our lives or lose untold treasures on earth and in eternity.

There are a lot of people who are doing wonderful things, quietly, with no motive of greed, or hostility toward other people, or delusions of superiority.

The problem is that I don't want to add another record to the world that is not necessary to be published, except to make some business. There has to be a musical reason.

Next time I will ..." "From now on I will ..." - What makes me think I am wiser today than I will be tomorrow?

I'll just ask now: What is it about my persona that draws every insane, power-hungry nutcase to me like a magnet?

The seed of God's Word won't grow to fruitfulness without pruning for rest, quiet, and calm

Though introverts are drained by interaction, we can take immense pleasure in watching the scene around us.

Big-government economics breeds crony capitalism. It's corrupt, anything but neutral, and a barrier to broad participation in prosperity.

Your heart will always tell you what’s working and what’s not.

I needed to be alone, I felt. I wanted to be going on alone to my future.