“I don't write romance. Read it? Yes. Write it? No.”

“I live entire lifetimes in my head. Sometimes simultaneously.”

“Believe me, I ain't pretty enough to be called an Angel. -The Reaper”

“Dismissing fantasy writing because some of it is bad is exactly like saying I'm not reading Jane Eyre because it is a romance and I know romance is crap.”

“For heaven's sake, don't write writing. Write reading!”

“People always see me writing and ask me if they can read my writing. The answer is yes, after I publish it and they pay for it.”

“We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. So medicine, law, business, engineering... these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love... these are what we stay alive for.”