I've heard a lot of editors and agents say, "If the book is good, it will get published." I totally disagree with that.

I think someone who writes a ghost story probably needs to believe it in some way.

There are so many people who write really interesting work and try super hard and still don't get published.

It's really difficult to know what is the best way forward when you're not getting a lot of support - and probably most writers aren't getting enough support.

I love ghost stories, I love to read them, and I love the idea of being haunted.

Nice girls are not supposed to be hungry. They are not supposed to feed themselves or care about their own food. They're definitely not supposed to take food out of a child's mouth.

It is radical for a woman to choose to survive and to choose to eat anything.

When I was in college, I had a friend who was an artist and her theory was that all the best art in the world is funny/sad. That was her favorite genre. Funny/sad are probably my two favorite tones.

I've always been a teaser, even as a kid.

Don't you think almost anything can be funny? Almost anything.

You can hurt people's feelings if you laugh.

You okay, Mum?" said Rob."I'm fine, " said Rachel. She went to reach for her cup of coffee and found that she didn't have the energy to even lift her arm.

Fear is the proof of a degenerate mind.

We learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. One becomes in some area an athlete of God.

The conservatives want to rule man's consciousness; the liberals, his body.

There's different girls in my life that play different roles and I see at different times, but collectively they kind of make up the roster of happiness for me.

The viewer must bring their own view to a photograph.

The more you are getting older, you lose a little something. Of course there is another advantage, because of your long experience you can use it.

Beauty is only bearable when you're happy.

How can he remember well his ignorance - which his growth requires - who has so often to use his knowledge?

Actually, the only memory I have of being a Cub Scout was trying to get my hat back. That was all I did. Run back and forth at my bus stop going "Quit it."