“But the best writing is certainly when you are in love.”

“Who loves you most? Who loves you best? Who thinks of you when others rest?”

“If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the best you can do, and it's the fact that it's the best you can do that kills you.”

“When you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence. How can you love if you are not there?”

“Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love what you write. The word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write something you love, something to live for.”

“The golden rule of writing is to write what you care about. If you care about your topic, you'll do your best writing, and then you stand the best chance of really touching a reader in some way.”

“I certainly didn't write it to be popular.”

“Whether or not you love television, you've got to admit that it certainly loves itself.”

“When you love someone, you have to offer that person the best you have. The best thing we can offer another person is our true presence.”

“Roses are for love. Not silly sweet-hearts' love but the love that makes you and keeps you whole, love that gets you through the worst your life'll give you and that pours out of you when you're given the best instead.”