“Ryan: I'm not a big fan of a tell nothing text message demanding I come to a chat room.Lilianna: You demanded that he come here?Tate: I strongly suggested it.”

“As a writer, I demand the right to write any character in the world that I want to write. I demand the right to be them, I demand the right to think them and I demand the right to tell the truth as I see they are.”

“Sorry I'm not here to chat, but tell me something fabulous anyway.”

“There comes a moment when the things one has written, even a traveler's memories, stand up and demand a justification. They require an explanation. They query, 'Who am I? What is my name? Why am I here?”

“I must tell you that the supply of words on the world market is plentiful, but the demand is falling.”

“God is not here to be demanded of, begged from, or criticized. He hands out burdens to those who are strong enough to carry them, and I feel profoundly uncomfortable with the idea of lining up with the other invalids and asking for mine to be alleviated.”