Writing children's books gives a writer a very strong sense of narrative drive.

Reread, rewrite, reread, rewrite. If it still doesn’t work, throw it away.

A problem with a piece of writing often clarifies itself if you go for a long walk.

Finish the day's writing when you still want to continue.

The human longing for story is so powerful, so primitive, that it seems like something not learned, but locked into our genes.

i wish i was away in Ingo far across the briny sea sailing over deepest waters where neither care nore worry trouble me

I enjoy research; in fact research is so engaging that it would be easy to go on for years, and never write the novel at all.

It is a violation which has obsessed the tyrants of the twentieth century. They do not want simply to kill their opponents, but to liquidate them, to deny that they have ever existed.

However, the difficulties and pleasures of the writing itself are similar for a novel with a historical setting and a novel with a contemporary setting, as far as I'm concerned.

However, I began to submit poems to British magazines, and some were accepted. It was a great moment to see my first poems published. It felt like entering a tradition.

Writing poetry makes you intensely conscious of how words sound, both aloud and inside the head of the reader. You learn the weight of words and how they sound to the ear.

Ever day you spend at work is a foundation for your future.

Forgive is the last best thing i can do.

God will give you more than you can handle because it is in your surrender that He gives you your victory!

Hatred, as well as love, renders its votaries credulous.

Women must think strategically about creating ongoing pressure for change.

Humans are the most successful invasives of all time.

I just want to assure you that both President Bush and I have very firm alibis.

Deepak Chopra, look at him. He's probably the most successful self-help guru in the world. I don't think he's struggling for any marketing or exposure. You've just got to know where your audience is.

I'm the girl that works at Paramount all day, and Fox all night.

I believe climate change is real - and I believe we have to act to protect the climate as fast as we possibly can.