Hope Does Not Necessarily Have

I Work Continuously Within The Shadow Of Failure. For Every Novel That Makes It To My Publisher's Desk, There Are At Least Five Or Six That Died On The Way. And Even With The Ones I Do Finish, I Think Of All The Ways They Might Have Been Better.

Negative People Present Us With An Accelereted Personal Growth Opportunity.

Much Of The Activity We Think Of As Writing Is, Actually, Getting Ready To Write.

Learning When 'enough Is Enough' Is The Discipline Of A Lifetime.

Some Things Arrive In Their Own Mysterious Hour, On Their Own Terms And Not Yours, To Be Seized Or Relinquished Forever.