“Many conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of witnesses.” — Margaret Millar

“Fiction gives us empathy: it puts us inside the minds of other people, gives us the gifts of seeing the world through their eyes. Fiction is a lie that tells us true things, over and over.” — Neil Gaiman

“Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s.” — Billy Wilder

“To find a man’s true character, play golf with him.” — P.G. Wodehouse