My own funeral, I'd like to be laid out in a coffin in my own house. I would like my coffin to be put in the double parlor, and I would like all the flowers to be white.

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Very few beings really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ASK....

Very few beings really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ASK....

When you make his sandwiches, put a sexy or loving note in his lunch box.

When you make his sandwiches, put a sexy or loving note in his lunch box.

I read The Old Curiosity Shop before I began Blackwood Farm. I was amazed at...

I read The Old Curiosity Shop before I began Blackwood Farm. I was amazed at...

You can look at the New York Times Bestseller List and you can be pretty...

You can look at the New York Times Bestseller List and you can be pretty...

I love New Orleans physically. I love the trees and the balmy air and the...

I love New Orleans physically. I love the trees and the balmy air and the...

The thing should have plot and character, beginning, middle and end. Arouse pity and then...

The thing should have plot and character, beginning, middle and end. Arouse pity and then...

I can't keep up with Stephen King's output.

I can't keep up with Stephen King's output.

To write something, you have to risk making a fool of yourself.

To write something, you have to risk making a fool of yourself.

Maybe thats what hell is. You go mad, and all your demonds come and get...

Maybe thats what hell is. You go mad, and all your demonds come and get...

It is tragic that many in America think of us - Christians - as being...

It is tragic that many in America think of us - Christians - as being...

The most difficult novel I have had to write in terms of just getting it...

The most difficult novel I have had to write in terms of just getting it...

I'm usually working on my own mythology, my own realm of created characters. Stories in...

I'm usually working on my own mythology, my own realm of created characters. Stories in...

I claim Dickens as a mentor. He's my teacher. He's one of my driving forces.

I claim Dickens as a mentor. He's my teacher. He's one of my driving forces.

The world doesn't need any more mediocrity or hedged bets.

The world doesn't need any more mediocrity or hedged bets.

To really ask is to open the door to the whirlwind. The answer may annihilate...

To really ask is to open the door to the whirlwind. The answer may annihilate...

And I knew my vision of the garden of savage beauty had been a true...

And I knew my vision of the garden of savage beauty had been a true...

First-person narrators is the way I know how to write a book with the greatest...

First-person narrators is the way I know how to write a book with the greatest...

There may be writing groups where people meet but it's occasional. You really do it...

There may be writing groups where people meet but it's occasional. You really do it...

Obsession led me to write. It's been that way with every book I've ever written....

Obsession led me to write. It's been that way with every book I've ever written....

You reach deep down and bring up what feels absolutely authentic to you as you...

You reach deep down and bring up what feels absolutely authentic to you as you...