Smoky knickers. Always said you were hot stuff, ” he said. I rolled my eyes and shook my head at the same time. It made me so dizzy that I almost fell over. Men.

Show me someone without problems and I will show you someone who is dead.

It's not that [writers] are pompous jerks. We are insecure. We feel like we're fading away in this vast sea of scriveners.

Books measure time in both moments and years. We all grow old but the stories never will.

It takes a little crazy to make a difference.

Motivated authors sacrifice TV time, sleep, hobbies, and even family time.

I have five boys in the family, and it's constant competition, sport, humor, and practical jokes.

I like to see what future generations are thinking about.

If the work jells a little bit in terms of being placed in the oeuvre, I don't care - as long as it works.

Cynical is a fool's word for realist.

I believe in anything that works.