Sometimes I can spend as long revising a manuscript as I spent writing it in the first place.

bitter is a bad way to live!

I write a book over a period of months or years, and when I'm done with it, usually another year goes by before I see it in print. It's hard to be patient and wait

After Ive sent my revised draft to my agent and editor, they suggest more improvement sand again, this revision phase can take anywhere from a few hours to a few months.

Generally I finish a first draft in 2-6 months, then I set it aside for a while so that when I come back to it I can read it with fresh eyes and figure out how to improve it.

When writing isn't going well-then the bad thing about being a writer is that I also have the freedom and flexibility to do something badly, and no one else can fix it for me.

I started trying to write when I was in second or third grade.

It's just so much fun to make up characters, situations, and everything else about a story. I have so much freedom and flexibility to do whatever I want.

I am not just what I remember. I am also what I dream.

I like playing around with the words; I love it when I feel like I've picked the exact right word to describe whatever it is I'm trying to describe

I like to know what I'm celebrating before I put on a party hat.

Men don't cry. They endure.

I have always maintained the importance of Aunts

It'd be the thrill of anyone's bull riding career to ride Red Rock. Like when Freckles Brown rode Tornado.

I love science fiction.

Happiness is the cessation of suffering. Well-being.

The establishment isn't new. The establishment not wanting outsiders, not wanting conservatives, isn't anything new.

I'm permanent you can't erase me

The secret of zen is just two words: not... always... so.

All the information I have about myself is from forged documents.

Roses have thorns, and silver fountains mud; Clouds and eclipses stain both moon and sun, And loathsome canker lies in sweetest bud. All men make faults.