“(The Mona Lisa), that really is the ugliest portrait I’ve seen, the only thing that supposedly makes it famous is the mystery behind it,” Katherine admitted as she remembered her trips to the Louvre and how she shook her head at the poor tourists crowding around to see a jaundiced, eyebrow-less lady that reminded her of tight-lipped Washington on the dollar bill. Surely, they could have chosen a better portrait of the First President for their currency?”

“#Twitter: proudly promoting ghastly grammar and silly misspelling since 2006.”

“There's nothing like a printed book; the weight, the woody scent, the feel, the look.”

“You know something is wrong when the government declares opening someone else’s mail is a felony but your internet activity is fair game for data collecting.”

“You can kill a book quicker by your silence than by a bad review.”

“What is it about us lady authors and our fascination for the exclamation mark?”

“I believe books should be like a prime rib steak ~ good and thick.”

“Thought for the day: Twitter...140 character limit...must be a great tool for fortune cookie writers...”

“I have been told the best things in life are free ~ I found them very expensive.”

“One piece of wisdom a writer quickly learns ~ typos keep you humble.”

“If you cannot judge a book by its cover, surely we should not judge an author by one book alone?”