"The truth is, I wrote a novel when I was 23. It's hideously bad. Truly rotten."

“From my observation, the older you get, the more you like the word cozy. That's why most of the elderly wear pants with elastic waistbands. If they wear pants at all. This may explain why grandparents are in love with buying grand kids pajamas and bathrobes.”

Source : Holly Goldberg Sloan (2013). “Counting by 7s”, p.27, Penguin

“Some ghosts tried to be showy. These were the kinds to avoid.”

“I grew up in a martial arts gym surrounded by men and boys, and I pretty much call myself a tomboy.”

Source : "Katheryn Winnick Talks VIKINGS, Her Audition, Preparing for the Physical Role of a Viking Woman and Working with Travis Fimmel and Gabriel Byrne". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. March 2, 2013.

“Taxation is the price we pay for failing to build a civilized society. The higher the tax level, the greater the failure.”

“I don't have a method. All I do is read a lot, think a lot, and rewrite constantly. It's not a scientific thing.”

“Oliver Twist has asked for more!”

“I remember thinking, without pride of self-pity, that I was not rich or poor, that I wasn't good or bad. But that was difficult: to be neither good nor bad. It seemed to me, in the end, the same as being bad.”

“I wasn't the guy everyone liked. I was the guy that wouldn't shut up.”