Austen is a really beautiful writer when it comes to narrative and dialogue. Her writing is beautiful and elegant. As a novelist, she's one of the best.

Trying to write is very much like trying to put a Chinese puzzle together. We have a pattern in mind which we wish to work out in words; but the words will not fit the spaces, or, if they do, they will not match the design.

He honestly expected her to believe that she could make a bad offering and her ancestors wouldn't mind.

The author is at one end of the experience of writing and the reader is at the other, and the book is the contract between you.

In riding a horse, we borrow freedom

It's feels great to see Daphne continue playing basketball in college. I'm glad that she will be playing so close to home.