There is nothing as tentative as an old woman's touch; as loving or as horrible.

People do not change, they are merely revealed.

Only bad writers think that their work is really good.

Write whatever way you like. Fiction is made of words on a page; reality is made of something else. It doesn't matter how "real" your story is, or how "made up": what matters is its necessity.

God, I hate my family, these people I never chose to love, but love all the same.

We do not always like the people we love- we do not always have that choice.

I have no place left to live but in my own heart.

The way to write a book is to actually write a book. A pen is useful, typing is also good. Keep putting words on the page.

I’m really lucky with the people around me. They know me, so they don’t confuse the issues really. They know what a book is and they know who I am and they know the difference between the two.

There are men who would do anything, asleep, and I'm not sure what stops them when they wake. I do not know how they draw the line.

Description is hard. Remember that all description is an opinion about the world. Find a place to stand.

I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

Live as you were created to live.

Because If you ever think of me in the future I want you to remember me smiling

Many promising reconciliations have broken down because while both parties came prepared to forgive neither party came prepared to be forgiven.

It takes a man to make a devil; and the fittest man for such a purpose is a snarling, waspish, red-hot, fiery creditor.

Love makes us do wicked things.

The gun of the father is always the undoing of the son.

I'll be spending the holidays with my family. Nothing special, just some light bickering and biting sarcasm.

Change is a natural form of progression.

She's got her God and she's got good wine, Aretha Franklin, and Patsy Cline.