“We never end up with the book we began writing. Characters twist it and turn it until they get the life that is perfect for them. A good writer won't waste their time arguing with the characters they create...It is almost always a waste of time and people tend to stare when you do!”
“Do I resent rich people? No. The best or worst I can do is notice them. I agree with the great Socialist writer George Orwell, who felt that rich people were poor people with money.”
“The worst thing you can do is nothing.”
“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.”
“the worst thing we can do, the absolute worst, is to do nothing.”