“If your mind is truly, profoundly stuck, then it might be much better off than when it was loaded with ideas”
“When mind stuck, entertain your heart.”
“You're stressing too much about what might be. Do something to take your mind off thinking about what might never happen.”
“You are much better off with a dog than a dogma.”
“Most writers enjoy two periods of happiness—when a glorious idea comes to mind, and when a last page has been written and you haven't had time to know how much better it ought to be”
“Sometimes I think I was better off not knowing any men. I truly had no idea they could be so very stupid." She sighed. "It's quite disappointing, really.”