The heart of creativity is an experience of the mystical union

Not all forms of abuse leave bruises.

If you want to challenge yourself as an Author, raise the bar as a reader.-Suzanne Steele

He was the perfect soldier: he went where you sent him, and stayed where you put him, and had no idea of his own to keep him from doing exactly what you told him.

Never compare your insides to everyone else's outsides.

But there are times when thinking is misplaced, like when taking photographs. You cannot think your way to making photographs; you can photograph your way to clearer thinking.

If our thinking is clear, how could work or money be the problem? Our thinking is all we need to change.

I'm still a news junkie. I mean, I always was, I am now.

If two people want to get married, get married! The Victorians had a great saying: As long as it doesn't scare the horses, do what you want. And I absolutely believe that.

Ma'am," Augustus said, nodding toward her, "Your daughter's car has just been deservingly egged by a blind man. Please close the door and go back inside or we'll be forced to call the police.

I write scenes - often quite long scenes - mainly because I still get seduced into writing six lines where one and a half will do.