Tip 5: brainstorm. There are no wrong answers.

Tip 1: get inspiration from songs. Songs can have great lyrics to inspire you and an amazing story!

Tip 2: be nosy, listen to conversations. You might just get a phenomenal idea!

Tip 3: read, read and read some more. You can get inspiration from plots and make it your own!

Tip 4: download or find a story plot generator. Simple as that.

Mistake 1: spelling changes. Make sure you spell names, locations, magic spells, etc, the same all the way through. Also, be consistent with capitilization.

Paperbacks of those we deem classics should be cheap and sold at supermarkets.

One of the things you don't always realize when you're younger is that not everything you try is going to work.

My objection to the death penalty is based on the idea that this is a democracy, and in a democracy the government is me, and if the government kills somebody then I'm killing somebody.

Kill a man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conquerer. Kill everyone, and you are a god.

Being a mom to my son has taken precedence over everything in my life, and I think that's the order it should be... It's a great challenge that I don't think's ever gonna stop.

It's the intelligent thing to be frugal.

Failure is unfortunately as common as success.

You are strong enough to start again.

I think you kind of have to put yourself out there.

But that's fine, because I like to have control of the ambience.

Joe Arpaio needs no help from me getting attention. For years he has been a beacon of bigotry and intolerance for all the world to see. The list of human and civil-rights abuses he's committed in Maricopa County is long and well documented.

When I was teaching Latin in girls' schools before I became a writer, I didn't much like it if parents would come in and say, 'We'll have less of the Ovid and Virgil and more of the grammar, please.' After all, I was the one in charge. That's how I feel about doctors. You should trust them to do their job properly.

For decades, Barbara Walters has been described as a broadcast pioneer - and with good reason. In 1974, Walters became the first female host of the 'Today' show. In 1976, she became the first woman to serve as a network-news anchor. In 1984, she moderated the first presidential debate between Walter Mondale and Ronald Reagan.

Twitter! It's like being stalked by committee!

If Jesus had been killed twenty years ago Catholic school children would be wearing little electric chairs around their necks instead of crosses.

I feel I'm often misunderstood by critics. People project a lot or exaggerate the subjective fragility simply because it's frightening to them.

I have worked ever since I was 13.

You have to sort of see the way that the character behaves, and what the character says and does, and claim it in the same way that you claim anything, really.

I'd go to Coney Island to hang out, and I saw a magician doing a rope trick on the boardwalk. I was fascinated. I guess that's how it started.

I think musicians are always very generous in promoting anything good they hear. It's just kind of in our nature.

It's sad when you can't make everyone happy, though. It's impossible but, at the same time, you still hope. You think, 'Maybe I can do it,' but you know you can't. But gosh, if I had to rely on giving people what they wanted, I would have had to write 40 billion different books and even then, I wouldn't get it right.

Love unrequited is violent. He loves you so much that he's turned it into hate.

Every comedian comes to a fork in the road where they have to decide if they're going to make jokes about other people or make jokes about themselves. I chose myself.

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