Today’s tangents will become tomorrow’s arcs, and unforeseen connections will tie up your loose ends in a way that will make you want to slap your head and holler at your accidental brilliance.

Rereading parts of your novel while writing is like doubling back at rerunning parts of a marathon midrace.

When your novel first peeks its head into the world, it will look pretty much like every newborn: blotchy, hairless, and utterly confused.

Can you remember who you were, before the world told you who you should be?

You skin is so soft. Smells like…”She had to tilt him to get this other arm free and hated knowing how badly she was hurting him as she did so. “Sheer, unadulterated fear?

There are few second chances when it comes to establishing your leadership legacy.

You can't fight fire with fire, or fear with fear.

People are disturbed enough by serial killers, but the whole notion of female violence, particularly maternal violence - the idea of mothers who kill - really unnerves people.

The man who gives up accomplishes nothing and is only a hindrance. The man who does not give up can move mountains.

Learn to laugh at your problems, cause everybody else does.

Agreeable advice is seldom useful advice.

The freedom to do your own thing ends when you have obligations and responsibilities.

I live in my own bubble. I'm in Gublerland.