“Believe in yourself and start achieving your dream. It waits for you on the other side of the publish button.”

“Honesty makes stories real and characters memorable. From there, taking them to where they need to go will be all the development they need.”

“I take the rawest, realest moments in anyones life and I open them up and lay them bare. The innocence of a five year old child, the awkwardness of a teenagers first sexual encounter, the heartbrea...”

“Pound it out, get it done, write every day. No excuses. Kerouac said you cant wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club. Damn straight. Youll sleep a lot better getting your word co...”

“You have to put yourself out there as a writer, you cant play it safe.”

“Kids are flat-out freaking hilarious if you are paying attention. Not just my kid, but every kid.”

“Writing is a struggle against silence.”

“Work on a good piece of writing proceeds on three levels: a musical one, where it is composed; an architectural one, where it is constructed; and finally, a textile one, where it is woven.”

“People who think that grammar is just a collection of rules and restrictions are wrong. If you get to like it, grammar reveals the hidden meaning of history, hides disorder and abandonment, links t...”