Where Norman Rockwell is the Artist for the man on the street, O'Henry is his author.

The life of Shakespeare is a fine mystery and I tremble every day lest something turn up.

It would be better not to know so many things than to know so many things that are not so.

Literature can stop my heart and execute me for a moment, allow me to become someone else.

A true writer cuts their heart open and lets it bleed all over the page... ~Cynthia Batten

Writing is a craft, being an author is work, and having readers and a following is a gift.

The heroine might be unsure. And the reader. But I don’t think the author should be.

I must kill some memories,the heavy ones first and aftermake righteous of my un-even soul.

I used to always read with a pen in my hand, as if the author and I were in a conversation.

Next to motherhood, I personally believe that being an author is the best job in the world.

Behind every successful woman(author) is a non-demanding husband content with a fruit-bowl.

Part fact part fiction is what life is. And it is always a cover story. I wrote my way out.

The web is a dangerous place for a mind begging to slack off and be distracted by nonsense.

Eventually you will come to understand that love heals everything, and love is all there is.

When I die I hope it may be said:'Her suffering was black, but her books were read'.