“I like big books and I cannot lie.You other readers cant denyThat when a kid walks in with The Name of the WindLike a hardbound brick of win.Story bling.Wanna swipe that thingCause you see that boy...”

“Your religious beliefs are your business. They are not and should not be the basis for law. If you use them as justification to discriminate against others, dont be upset when others decide youre a...”

“Can we all pause a moment to appreciate the artistry of that sentence? "Sitting casually on the floor, a guard sat..." That's freaking art right there! Someone nominate this thing for the Hugo Awar...”

“Ive said for years ever since I figured out how to write Goblin Hero that its important to give yourself permission to write crap. Perfection is the destroyer of art. Its paralyzing. Art, whether...”

“But 'I worked hard on this' doesnt exempt you from criticism. Those harsh reviews arent about anyone being out to get me. Its not an Authors vs. Reviewers thing. Its people taking the time to expre...”

“A zombie amusement park sounds like fun, but the health code violations alone are enough to turn your stomach.”

“If you want to be a writer-stop talking about it and sit down and write!”

“You can write nothing of value unless you give yourself wholly to the the theme -- and when you so give yourself -- you lose appetite ans sleep -- it cannot be helped --”

“If you're a writer, the answer to everything is yes.”

“Mostly, we authors must repeat ourselves - that's the truth. We have two or three great and moving experiences in our lives - experiences so great and moving that it doesn't seem at the time anyone...”

“Five common traits of good writers: (1) They have something to say. (2) They read widely and have done so since childhood. (3) They possess what Isaac Asimov calls a "capacity for clear thought," a...”

“There are lots of guys out there who write a better prose line than I do and who have a better understanding of what people are really like and what humanity is supposed to mean hell, I know that.”

“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”

“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.”

“The road to hell is paved with adverbs.”