We as authors sign a pact with our readers they'll go on reading because they trust us to play fair with them and deliver what we've promised.

Whatever beginning goals you set for yourself, following through on them will build momentum and a sense of achievement and those small success will point the way to bigger ones

Professional writers write to fit

You need to establish a degree of privacy and solitude in order to write

As the hero learns, readers learn too.

You ask me why I do not write something.... I think one's feelings waste themselves in words, they ought all to be distilled into actions and into actions which bring results.

When you're surrounded by feathers and sequins and ridiculous Lycra outfits, it's impossible not to have a smile on your face.

I never planned on being a live performer. My whole forte was about being in the studio, producing, playing the piano on recording sessions. I was all about the studio.

The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren't always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.

A lot of people go off and have fun adventures, or hard adventures, and their impulse is to write about them right away. What really makes a difference is having some perspective on what happened.

I'm not pessimistic about people in general, but only about the way they live.

The man of humanity delights in mountains

"Nothing is as it seems" - This is an illusion.

Don't let worn-out beliefs stop you from moving beyond yourself.

The smallest errors are always the best.