one learns best, and writes best, in a state of defiance.

If you do nothing unexpected, nothing unexpected happens.

Nothing happens, and nothing happens, and then everything happens.

There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow.

Only one thing registers on the subconscious mind: repetitive application - practice. What you practice is what you manifest.

I didn't even know I was a feminist until I read it on the back of one of my own books.

The desire for self-expression afflicts people when they feel there is something of themselves which is not getting through to the outside world.

Fiction stretches our sensibilities and our understanding, as mere information never can.

Marriage is a very difficult relationship for nearly everyone and I'm sure you shouldn't do it if you want a quiet little easy life.

guilt to motherhood is like grapes to wine

She could see that to lose a sibling was hard: it could only seem unnatural:out of time, out of order, a vicious re-run of your own departure into nothingness.

Men lie the most, women tell the biggest lies.

Her cuisine is limited but she has as good an idea of breakfast as a Scotchw

Your heart influences your art.

PANTOMIME, n. A play in which the story is told without violence to the language. The least disagreeable form of dramatic action.

If there's even one thing we can do - even one life we can save - we have an obligation to try

The last time I saw something that tall standing so still for so long, it was perched on the edge of a cliff shining a light across the sea.

Feast for the Fisherman, the ultimate emo band. Said to be sold with a complimentary prescription for antidepressants and a free flatiron.

If you are strong enough, you can enjoy even in the middle of a storm!

The sales department isn’t the whole company, but the whole company better be the sales department.

I am addicted to prescription pain medication.