Unless a woman has an amorous heart, she is a dull companion.
The semi-colon is a burp, a hiccup. It's a drunk staggering out of the saloon at 2 a. m. , grabbing your lapels on the way and asking you to listen to one more story.
In fact, one could argue that the skill of the fiction writer boils down to the ability to exploit intensity.
Characters who are absolutely sure about what they do, who plunge ahead without fear, are not that interesting. We don’t go through life that way. In reality, we have doubts just like everyone else. Bringing your Lead’s doubts to the surface in your plot pulls the reader deeper into the story, and this is an excellent way to coax the reader to lose himself in the story world you’re about to create.
Status, worry and comparison are ways to madness, not victory.
My philosophy on writing books is that if you learn only one new thing, or even get a new take on something you already know, it's worth it.
Every hour you spend writing is an hour you don't spend worrying about your writing.
I often think my boyfriend is going to leave me just from seeing how I talk to the dog. But you know, when you are talking to your dog, you are accessing this softer side of you. Everything else melts away.
There's a lot of political things happening out there that I'd really have to get away from.
There will always be a battle between the sexes because men and women want different things. Men want women and women want men.
A culture is the sum of all the things about which humanity can choose to differ.