"For valuing your own suffering sets on it the gold of a sun of pride. Suffering a lot can originate the illusion of being the Chosen of Pain."

“I deliberately wrote a poem in my last book where I was suggesting that there are other passions as great as or more important than the passion of sex.”

“A moment of consideration often prevents a thousand apologies”

Source : Kevin J. Anderson (2011). “Hidden Empire: The Saga Of Seven Suns - Book One”, p.519, Simon and Schuster

“Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.”

“There is no tears without joy; there is no joy without tears.”

“It's always like you write a poem when you can't really say what you're trying to say.”

“I am always on the women's side.”

“I shut myself off to make life bearable. I'm like a damn machine sometimes. Unfeeling. Uncaring. Emotionless.”

Source : Monica Murphy (2016). “The Drew + Fable Series 4-Book Bundle: One Week Girlfriend, Second Chance Boyfriend, Three Broken Promises, Four Years Later”, p.30, Bantam

“Of course a poem is a two-way street. No poem is any good if it doesn't suggest to the reader things from his own mind and recollection that he will read into it, and will add to what the poet has suggested. But I do think poetry readings are very important.”