“And if I'm guilty of having gratuitous sex, then I'm also guilty of having gratuitous violence, and gratuitous feasting, and gratuitous description of clothes, and gratuitous heraldry, because very...”

“Creative work is often driven by pain. It may be that if you don't have something in the back of your head driving you nuts, you may not do anything. It's not a good arrangement. If I were God, I w...”

“The calling of an author is more than just to entertain, but also to share ones experiences with the world.”

“People LOVE change (when it's about changing others). People HATE change (when it's about changing themselves).”

“If you want an incredibly passionate, happy, ALIVE businessdont overcomplicate things. Once all is said and done, the foundational elements of a successful business are very simple: respect, servic...”

“It's called entrepreneurSHIP, not entrepreneurSIT. Don't wait. Just ship.”

“To write is to stand at the edge of a bottomless well, unafraid of falling in.”

“But when I say it isn't meant for anyone's eyes, I don't mean it in the sense of one of those novel manuscripts people keep in a drawer, insisting they don't care if anyone else ever reads it or no...”

“So here I am writing my zombie story and my lead character decides to betray me.”