“When you carry someone else's baggage, it's nearly impossible to get rid of your own. Drop it. Now.”

“Surviving is a necessity. Living is an art.”

“Your actions are viewed by observers through prisms shaped by their own interpretations, and sometimes misinterpretations. All you can do is strive to be your best self. Let the chips fall where th...”

“Fanatics are those who, when following a doctrine becomes inconvenient, make up rules of their own.”

“Artistry is the dance of color & form, whether visual, musical, or sparked in the imagination by the written word.”

“Being a writer all boils down to this: It's you, in a chair, staring at a page. And you're either going to stay in that chair until words are written, or you're going to give up and walk away. The ...”

“When male authors write love stories, the heroine tends to end up dead.”

“Im likely to stay here, pen in hand, until dusk comes and my writing melts into the twilight.”

“Revision means throwing out the boring crap and making whats left sound natural.”

“I do so much writing. But so much of it never goes anywhere, never sees any light of day. I suppose that's like gardening in the basement. I don't publish so much of what I write. I just seem to pl...”

“Revision means throwing out the boring crap and making what’s left sound natural.”

“He wanted to heat up the truth, to make it burn so hot that you would feel exactly what he felt.”

“Make up a story... For our sake and yours forget your name in the street; tell us what the world has been to you in the dark places and in the light. Don't tell us what to believe, what to fear. Sh...”

“Tell the story as if it were only of interest to the small circle of your characters, of which you may be one. There is no other way to put life into the story.”