“Let your story grow. Let it surprise you, and it will certainly surprise your readers.”

“You dont have any control over anyones feelings.You cant make your parents feel proud of you.You cant make anyone like you.You cant make anyone love you.You can make it easier for them, by sacrific...”

“Description is the color in the canvas of your story.”

“TODAY IS A GREAT DAY TO MAKE ART.”

“Do you think youre not ready to start that big story idea/project youve been thinking about forever?Jump in. Write anyway. The only way to make the impossible a reality is to take a leap of faith.”

“All great stories began as shitty first drafts.There are no exceptions to this.”

“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection”

“I read once that the ancient Egyptians had fifty words for sand & the Eskimos had a hundred words for snow. I wish I had a thousand words for love, but all that comes to mind is the way you move ag...”

“Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze. ”

“Forget how long the path to finishing your story. Address only what you have to write today.”

“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.”