“Fame can't give you a hug. Fame can't keep you warm. The only way fame can keep you warm, is if you put all your publicity in a pile and burn it.”
“Nursing her wrath to keep it warm.--Robert Burns”
“You are too winsome to resist, too innocent to keep, and far too delightful to easily let go”
“But once an idea for a novel seizes a writer...well, it’s like an inner fire that at first warms you and makes you feel good but then begins to eat you alive, burn you up from within. You can’t just walk away from the fire; it keeps burning. The only way to put it out is to write the book.”
“Lies are neither bad nor good. Like a fire they can either keep you warm or burn you to death, depending on how they're used.”