A novel must be judged on its merits, not on how hard the journey was to write it.
When I die I hope it may be said:'Her suffering was black, but her books were read'.
Reading opens up other pockets of the mind.
You Can't Be A Hero To The World, If Your Aren't First A Hero In Your Home!
Every writer dreams about the day they can step into their fiction and wander its hallways.
My spirit has been around far longer than my soul--I've lived several lifetimes already. And one this novel has been written, I will have lived several more.
Thus far, the only people who can grant you immortality are not scientists, but writers. By writing you into their books, they may not only immortalize you, but also grant you superpowers.
Reading sparks writing.
Writing fiction is the act of weaving a series of lies to arrive at a greater truth.
Storytelling began as a way for humans to relay information, from where to find food sources to the benefits of familial bonding, because fictional stories were the easiest way to memorize and communi...
The Best Deal Is The One Where Everyone Walks Away Happy!
We need to insist on making culture out of our desire: making paintings, novels, plays and films potent and seductive and authentic enough to undermine and overwhelm the Iron Maiden.
God's justice will always be found at the end of a pen.
Attitude Is More Important Than Talent
I think that at the bottom of all art lies the impulse to preserve.
A book is a place where my reality, escapism, hope, despair, love and death lie.
Incidental, all of it, of course, but this was what this city bestowed that novels couldn't: not what you needed in order to live, but what made the living worth doing in the first place.
We read a good novel not in order to know more people, but in order to know fewer. Instead of the humming swarm of human beings, relatives, customers, servants, postmen, afternoon callers, tradesmen,...
Most of my novels were developped from dreams I had. A dreamer I AM! Literally , at 1 AM. A dream with 140 characters is to dream an impossible dream. Too many characters to develoo from it. But in tw...
Give me an old house full of memories and I will give you hundred novels!