“You have to write about what keeps you up at night.”

“Brian's eyeborw shot up. "Don't m ind me for asking silly questions, Anna, but aren't you the one who determines Bux's fate?""You obviously know nothing about the writing process," Anna shot back impatiently. "My characters are living, breathing beings, Brian, and they do what they must in order for the story to unfold. But they aren't perfect, Far from it! All too often, they exercise bad behavior and make poor decisions and there's nothing I can do to stop them.”

“Keep busy, Sandy ... when you're busy you don't have time to brood ...""Life should be more than keeping busy.""Maybe it should be, but for most of us, it's not.”

“I made promises to you that I'm not sure I can keep. None of it has anything to do with you. It's just that I don't know what to do now. You must be thinking what a rotten person I am. Well, believe me, I'm thinking the same thing. I don't know how this happened or why. Maybe I can get over it. Do you think you can wait—because I don't want you to stop loving me. I keep remembering us and how it was. I don't want to hurt you … not ever …”

“•Silence is one of the hardest arguments to dispute•Love is never die, but be careful, it can kill you!”

“Inconceivable!""You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”

“The easiest thing to do on earth is not write…But this is life on earth, you can't have everything.”