Saints are only sinners who keep trying.
I find that most books that I don't like are those in which the authors have indulged themselves. I can almost sense when they're writing something for themselves.
I had my bully, and it was excruciating. Not only the bully, but the intimidation I felt.
It's amazing that the heart makes no noise when it cracks.
The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon. You can always do it better, find the exact word, the apt phrase, the leaping simile.
I'm always telling myself as I write that I'm not really writing a novel; I'm just going to fool around with a character or an idea.
Writing, even though it's hard work, is really a joy when you get these characters to come alive. It's hard to trace where they come from. I can't say that I am sitting here one night at nine o'clock and that a character occurs to me. The magic for me happens at the typewriter.
Barack Obama wants to be the power figure, he wants to be the face of the Democrat Party going forward.
When exhausted and feeling sorry for yourself, at least change your socks.
Good mothers are underrated, just like good defense.
Getting used to our blessings is one of the most important non-evil generators of human evil, tragedy and suffering.