“Without imagination, writing is a stack of lumber, a sack of nails, and a locked tool shed.”

“Writing a novel is easy writing checks is hard.”

“I like to think that when I complete a novel I learned something along the way.”

“Writing is a craft, being an author is work, and having readers and a following is a gift.”

“Discover everything about your characters that you can before you write your story. If you get stuck at any point, they will write your dialog for you.”

“When you believe you've become the best writer you can be… you still aren’t.”

“Dont feel ashamed of working hard! Believe that things will change.”

“Be believing, be happy, don't get discouraged. Things will work out.”

“Hearts will break and people will hurt you, darling. Her mother said. But when you let those people control your outlook on the life, you only allow them to have a greater hold on your happiness. O...”

“I have seen the best of you, and the worst of you, and I choose both.”

“Be the one who nurtures and builds. Be the one who has an understanding and a forgiving heart one who looks for the best in people. Leave people better than you found them.”

“Was it possible that the emotion of love had somehow made me more susceptible to fear? Does the noble emotion of love make us start valuing our own lives and the lives of our loved ones more so tha...”

“If you want to be a writer-stop talking about it and sit down and write!”

“You can write nothing of value unless you give yourself wholly to the the theme -- and when you so give yourself -- you lose appetite ans sleep -- it cannot be helped --”

“If you're a writer, the answer to everything is yes.”