It's easy to create a country, all you have to do is to think of a name for it

That's the great thing about literature -- it makes the world less lonely.

When rewriting, move quickly. It's a little like cutting your own hair.

Everybody's after a new morning. What do we have to run up and salute tomorrow?

Life is a means of extracting fiction.

You don't want to depend on an editor. If you want to regret something for the rest of your life, you want to make sure you're responsible for it.

I've always remembered. This fellow said to me - if you think someones'doing you wrong, it's not for you to judge. Kill them first and then God can do the judging.

It's all about letting the story take over.

If you couldn't tell the difference between what hurt and what didn't, you had no business being alive. You can't have any good times if you can't tell.

The desires of the heart...are as crooked as a corkscrew.

If you haven't fought for your life for something you want, you don't know what's life all about.

[A]lways get to the dialogue as soon as possible. I always feel the thing to go for is speed. Nothing puts the reader off more than a big slab of prose at the start.", Issue 64, Winter 1975)

Revenge is a dish best served published!

People are meant to go through life two by two. ’Tain’t natural to be lonesome.

It feels like I was made to fit here, in the space beneath his heart.

Success is 99 percent failure.

Bores can be divided into two classes; those who have their own particular subject, and those who do not need a subject.

It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.

Amazon.com strives to be the e-commerce destination where consumers can find and discover anything they want to buy online.

You can do marvels and miracles if you have developed the understanding of love.

Just because someone seems to have more certainty, doesn't mean they're right.