The Nets' a stone throw from where I used to throw bricks. . . So it's only right I'm still tossing 'round Knicks.
If they aren't real enough to surprise me, then they aren't real enough to go on the page.
Storylines are how characters create the plots involved in their stories.
Very few editors worry about heresy - their goals are much too commercial, thank goodness.
I ride horseback - arthritic knees permitting - or listen to opera. Sometimes I cook. I used to do needlework, but it's hard on my hands now, so I only do it occasionally, but I like it. And, of course, I read.
When you're a mid-list writer, it pays to write fast.
Providing a writer isn't put off by conventions - and some are - attending them can be a nice break from the necessary isolation of writing.
The most beautiful voice in the world is that of an educated Southern woman.
Long before "American Idol" people used to call me a diva. And I be like, "Hold on, are you calling me something else on the sly? You gonna call me a diva, call me a good diva. "
The mansion should not be graced by its master, the master should grace the mansion.
There is a homely old adage which runs: "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far. " If the American nation will speak softly, and yet build and keep at a pitch of the highest training a thoroughly efficient navy, the Monroe Doctrine will go far.