Learn about writing from reading. That is the right way to do it.

Editors are extremely fallible people, all of them. Don't put too much trust in them.

It is those people who know that they are right because some outside or higher power conveys the conviction to them who do the great damage in the world.

You can’t know a book until you come to the end of it, and then all the rest must be modified to fit that.

Every good thing that comes is accompanied by trouble.

Writing, like drawing is an art, and whatever conveys the meaning is justified.

What we publishers think is that our function is to bring everything out into the open, on the theory that we have an adult population that knows values, or can learn them, and let them decide.

The book belongs to the author.

You are all right on time, except for the fact that time is the enemy of us all, and especially of the writer.

I do not think anyone can read War and Peace too much. I read it six times.

You have to throw yourself away when you write.

You've been criticising yourself for years and it hasn't worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.

So why did he do it?"Cricket rakes a hand through his hair. "For the same reason everyone makes mistake. He fell in love.

Love rules without rules. (Amore regge senza legge.)

When someone becomes successful or rich and famous, people perceive that person as being different. But I'm the same guy I've always been.

At Earth's great market where Joy is trafficked in, Buy while thy purse yet swells with golden Youth.

I learned that I was either crazy in love with you, or putting on the best performance of my life.' -Nora (PG 263)

We're going to have a tax cut. Today's American family is overtaxed at all levels.

But you see, I have played more good guys than I have played villains.

I'm not a workaholic, but I was a bit manic, I have to confess.

When it comes to team dynamics - on a basketball court or in a corporate setting - maintaining a positive atmosphere is crucial.