All Novels Are Sequels; Influence Is Bliss.

That's The Best Thing About Writing, When You're In That Zone, You're Porous, Ready To Absorb The Solution.

When Some Drunken Fool Asked If She Was A Lesbian, She Would Say, 'in Everything But Sexual Preference.

The Instructor, Ms. Pease, Also Taught In The Church's Religious School, And She Had A Sunday School Manner At Once Saccharine And Condemnatory.

You Need Three Things To Become A Successful Novelist: Talent, Luck And Discipline. Discipline Is The One Element Of Those Three Things That You Can Control, And So That Is The One That You Have To Focus On Controlling, And You Just Have To Hope And Trust In The Other Two.

Take Care-there Is No Force More Powerful Than That Of An Unbridled Imagination.