“Behind every novel is a greater story of how it came to be published.”

“Sometimes, the inessential is essential.”

“Behind every novel is a greater story of how it came to be published.”

“There are three certainties in a writer's life: death, taxes, and rejection letters.”

“Somewhere beyond the pain, you turn around and realize that life is beautiful.”

“Music is a language - and language, at its finest, should be music.”

“The past is fantasy, and the future is science fiction.”

“Going to sleep is an adventure: you never know where your dreams will take you.”

“To live is to travel, on a voyage more epic than the odysseys of myth - not from place to place, but through the poignant strangeness of time.”

“Just because it's imaginary, doesn't mean it's not real.”

“Growing up is the greatest adventure of all.”