“Writing, at its best, is a lonely life.”

As a writer, you should not judge, you should understand.

A bottle of wine was good company.

If two people love each other there can be no happy end to it.

You are so brave and quiet I forget you are suffering.

Live the full life of the mind, exhilarated by new ideas, intoxicated by the Romance of the unusual.

To be successful in writing, use short sentences.

My life used to be full of everything. Now if you aren’t with me I haven’t a thing in the world.

We’re stronger in the places that we’ve been broken.

The shortest answer is doing the thing.

Hunger is good discipline.

You may talk. And I may listen. And miracles might happen.

Fear of death increases in exact proportion to increase in wealth.

I’m tired of everybody. Please forgive me.

Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready.

You must be prepared to work always without applause.

You must be prepared to work always without applause.

Life has taught me one big lesson, always keep the girlies guessing.

Difficult times don’t come your way just so you can survive them; God uses these times in your life to form and refine you.

Here we are now, entertain us.

Life doesn’t happen to you. It happens for you.

Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.

You are not living, you are surviving.

Life often can feel like shifting sands, but if we choose to pivot with it, there is a revelation that we are not the same people we used to be.

When I am dying, I should like my life taken out under general anaesthetic, exactly as if it were a diseased appendix.