“Nothing's a better cure for writer's block than to eat ice cream right out of the carton.”

“A writer always writes.”

“I write every day whether somebody pays me or not. I write every day whether or not self-doubt is kicking my ass. It's what writers must do.”

“Creativity and intelligence, rather than violence, are the best problem solvers.”

“I write fiction. It may have mystery, it may have horror, it may have fantasy, it may have love, but like life, it's all the same genre.”

“We often wait for that knock of opportunity, though I've found it's better to just grab a chainsaw and cut open your own fucking door.”

“But some characters in books are really real--Jane Austen's are; and I know those five Bennets at the opening of Pride and Prejudice, simply waiting to raven the young men at Netherfield Park, are ...”

“You take people, you put them on a journey, you give them peril, you find out who they really are.”

“A novel must show how the world truly is, how characters genuinely think, how events actually occur. A novel should somehow reveal the true source of our actions.”

“We accept the love we think we deserve.”

“All Earthquakes and Disasters are warnings theres too much corruption in the world ”

“Its only when youre at the bottom of the ladder that you ascend.”

“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.”