The stress that some of us feel - it's a lack of faith, it really is.
I must say one thing about southern down-home brewed coffee with chicory. If you have worms, you'll never have them again.
To those of you who seek lost objects of history, I wish you the best of luck. They're out there, and they're whispering.
I plot as I go. Many novelists write an outline that has almost as many pages as their ultimate book. Others knock out a brief synopsis. . . Do what is comfortable. If you have to plot out every move your characters make, so be it. Just make sure there is a plausible purpose behind their machinations. A good reader can smell a phony plot a block away.
Sometimes my plot lines are so convoluted, I get calls from friends at 3 am saying; you SOB, you'll never pull this one off.
To create something you want to sell, you first study and research the market, then you develop the product to the best of your ability.
My friends joke that I raised the Titanic and never left the Rockies.
Anger is like ice, and also quick to melt
If you ever look sideways at another man or attempt to refuse me I shall beat you. Got it?
Imagine that: If you could change one of the genes in an experiment, an aging gene, maybe you could slow down aging and extend lifespan.
It is not beauty that endears, it's love that makes us see beauty.