You write that first draft really to see how it's going to come out.

I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.

Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.

Don't put off for tomorrow what you can do today because if you enjoy it today, you can do it again tomorrow.

The really great writers are people like Emily Brontë who sit in a room and write out of their limited experience and unlimited imagination.

Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them.

I have never thought of myself as a good writer. Anyone who wants reassurance of that should read one of my first drafts. But I'm one of the world's great rewriters.

I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter.

If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home.

If your book doesn't keep you up nights when you are writing it, it won't keep anyone up nights reading it.

An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it.

It is when suffering finds a voice andsets our nerves quivering that this pity comes troubling us.

The saddest thing that can happen to a person is to find out their memories are lies.

The things that bug you the most have the potential to open you the most.

Becoming critical in the face of criticism, only inspires more criticism.

I want to be done, and actually, go "I had a good run. No regrets. I'm ready to step aside."

I find that when my plays are going well, they seem to resemble pieces of music. But if I had to go into specifics about it, I wouldn't be able to. It's merely something that I feel.

Health is when it hurts in a new place every day.

I don't do anything for Halloween. I carry Halloween inside of me.

I’m turning into an old woman. Might as well start knitting and bitching about soap operas, gas prices, and rude drivers.” – Sundown

A silent majority and government by the people is incompatible.