“If your book doesn't keep you up nights when you are writing it, it won't keep anyone up nights reading it.”

“If your writing doesn't keep you up at night, it won't keep anyone else up either”

“Being goal-oriented instead of self-oriented is crucial. I know so many people who want to be writers. But let me tell you, they really don't want to be writers. They want to have been writers. They wish they had a book in print. They don't want to go through the work of getting the damn book out. There is a huge difference.”

“I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.”

“Being goal-oriented instead of self-oriented is crucial. I know so many people who want to be writers. But let me tell you, they really don't want to be writers. They want to have been writers. They wish they had a book in print. They don't want to go through the work of getting the damn book out. There is a huge difference.”

“I wondered how a man ever got an English girl into bed. What did they do with her hockey stick?”

“For this is the journey that men make, to find themselves. If they fail in this, it doesn't matter much what else they find.”