“Writing should beguile us, not just take us from A to B to Zzzzz”

“Sadly, there are writers who wouldn't know an umlaut from an omelet.”

“Being a writer all boils down to this: It's you, in a chair, staring at a page. And you're either going to stay in that chair until words are written, or you're going to give up and walk away. The ...”

“When male authors write love stories, the heroine tends to end up dead.”

“Im likely to stay here, pen in hand, until dusk comes and my writing melts into the twilight.”

“Im a dot in the grand scheme of things. I dont matter, not even to the other dots.”

“Music is a writer's heartbeat.”

“Gratitude is the gateway to a positive life.”

“Realism can break a writer's heart.”

“But why are you giving this to me if you dont believe?""Because I know that you do.”

“I wanted to kiss you for a long time, and I decided that might be my only chance. Ive been miserable ever since. Troy ran his fingers along her jaw. It was almost better when I didnt know how it fe...”