If it pleases you and you can write at all, it's gonna please somebody else.

For any writers at all, read everything you can and then put your butt in the chair and write. That's all there is to it.

I believe if you write a great book, the chances are it'll get a great reception.

No, I won't ever write another 'Lily Bard.' I said everything I had to say about Lily.

I try very hard to write the best book I possibly can, every time.

I've often wished when I started a book I knew what was going to happen. I talked to writers who write 80-page outlines, and I'm just in awe of that.