Writing a story, regardless of length, begins always with a single word.

Oh words, what crimes are committed in your name?~Jack or The Submission

Writing romantic fiction is the second chance that loved ones denied us.

not writing is not good but trying to write when you can't is worse.

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

no one could ever push you to write or become a writer, except yourself.

Don Quixote could never manage without his patient servant Sancho Panza.

The crazy thing about poetry is how its simplicity makes it complicated.

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

If you want to be a writer-stop talking about it and sit down and write!

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

I was a late bloomer. But anyone who blooms at all, ever, is very lucky.

Don’t lift my words without permission. It might lead to a hernia.

That's what I love most about writers--they're such lousy actors.

We have this idea that we need to be in the mood to write. We don't.