Writing a novel is like working on foreign policy. There are problems to be solved. It's not all inspirational.

Love, when you get fear in it, it's not love any more. It's hate.

If your writing doesn't keep you up at night, it won't keep anyone else up either".

I loved her like a rabbit loves a rattlesnake

You usually can tell when a writer is going down hill by the size of his liquor bill.

I write of the wish that comes true--for some reason, a terrifying thought.

She was a little given to rehearsing things in her mind, and having imaginary triumphs over people who had upset her in one way and another.

Time is the only critic.

If you have to do it, you can do it.

If you can't write like New York, you have no business living in New York and making New York the locale of your stories.

That's all it takes, one drop of fear to curdle love into hate.

Never underestimate the power of a woman!

I know I come off like a very outgoing person, and yeah, I'm outgoing, but there's also a part of me that still likes to be in my little shell sometimes.

We have states. And we have cities. And we have counties. And we have the private sector. And - and so the country still works even when Washington's dysfunctional.

Beginners must master low stance and posture, natural body positions are for the advanced.

God doesn't give people burdens they can't handle.

Our space programme has overcome many hurdles. At the same time it is one of the most cost effective programmes. This should make us proud.

Human beings are innately loving beings. When we fail to love, it is because an element of ignorance has intruded into our experience, submerging our natural impulse to love.

If one tells the truth, one is sure, sooner or later, to be found out.

Children ought not to be victims of the choices adults make for them.