“You need to establish a degree of privacy and solitude in order to write”

“Professional writers write to fit”

“Whatever beginning goals you set for yourself, following through on them will build momentum and a sense of achievement and those small success will point the way to bigger ones”

“We as authors sign a pact with our readers; they'll go on reading because they trust us to play fair with them and deliver what we've promised.”

“As the hero learns, readers learn too.”

“I, too, seem to be a connoisseur of rain, but it does not fill me with joy; it allows me to steep myself in a solitude I nurse like a vice I've refused to vanquish.”

“Haven’t you heard of privacy, or were you raised by a tribe of hedonistic Vikings?”