...even the most independent people sometimes needed help. And if I'd learned nothing else from my life thus far, it was that you don't always end up where you think you're going.

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.

I am more one for the story, I think, than the action.

Often it is the means that justify the ends: goals advance technique and technique survives even when goal structures crumble.

Move fast. A sense of urgency is the one thing you can develop that will separate you from everyone else. When you get a good idea, do it now.

If it comes down to a choice between being unloved and being vulnerable and sensitive and emotional, then you can just keep your love.

I am here to tell you my father was right. You are a raging f..kwit. Now f..k off.

Success is not important to me, nor are power or money. If the script feels good, then I'm in. It's that simple.

I'd rather be this walking metamorphosis than having that old formed opinion about everything.

Your approval gives others the confidence to serve, to learn, to try.

My diseases are an asthma and a dropsy and, what is less curable, seventy-five.