Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

Imitation is the safest form of innovation.

I think we all have a little bit of that fear of failure, and that's what drives us to succeed.

My characters are not cute. They are dangerous.

There are many Beths in the world, shy and quiet, sitting in corners till needed, and living for others so cheerfully that no one sees the sacrifices till the little cricket on the hearth stops chirping, and the sweet, sunshiny presence vanishes, leaving silence and shadow behind.