She was fascinated with words. To her, words were things of beauty, each like a magical powder or potion that could be combined with other words to create powerful spells.

Authorship is exhibitionism, and readers a species of voyeur.

They'll find ink in my veins and blood on my typewriter keys.

Write your first draft with your heart. Re-write with your head.

The man who doesn’t read hasn’t any advantage over the man who can’t read.