“Out of respect to writers, you have to read the book in the way in whi...” — Joanna Trollope Quote

“Out of respect to writers, you have to read the book in the way in which the author visualised it going out into the world.”

“I'm actually rather orderly, although the way that I write is not.”

“I don't always set stories in villages, more often in towns. But always in smallish communities because the characters' actions are more visible there, and the dramatic tension is heightened.”

“Robert Louis Stevenson... I'm focusing on the late short stories that I was ignorant of. I always thought he was a boys' author, but he's not at all.”

“No one likes to feel helpless. We find it psychologically unbearable and inside ourselves we may try to make ourselves part author of our misfortune rather than simply the recipient of it.”

“James Patterson is my favorite author. Very talented. I picked up reading from jail... I realized how powerful reading was in jail. That's why some of my verses be so descriptive. Thank James Patterson for that.”