I felt pretty comfortable with Westerns, apart from the fact I couldn't ride.
Oh, flatter me; for love delights in praises.
The Eyes are the window to your soul
What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.
There are three people in yourself - who people think you are, who you think you are, and who you really are.
New friends may be poems but old friends are alphabets. Don't forget the alphabets because you will need them to read the poems.
If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us shall we not revenge?
I want to be America's Margaret Thatcher. I will be the next Iron Lady.
Looking back upon my work today, I think the best I have done grew out of things deeply felt, the worst from a pride in mere talent.
I'm like a phoenix. I rise from the ashes.
The writing life doesn't move in a straight line. I've had successes and rejections all along the way, at every stage of my career, and I will continue to do so. Acceptances and rejections don't define me. They're both part of what it means to be a writer. My job is to simply keep doing the work.