Writing is a manual labor of the mind: a job, like laying pipe.

Have regrets. They are fuel. On the page they flare into desire.

If the storytellers told it true, all stories would end in death.

Don’t give people what they want, give them what they need.

Inspiration comes and goes, creativity is the result of practice.

I decided that adventure was the best way to learn about writing.

People do not deserve good writing, they are so pleased with bad.

All writing is discipline, but screenwriting is a drill sergeant.

Throw up into your typewriter every morning. Clean up every noon.

The standard personality type for a writer is a shy megalomaniac.

Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.

Let's see if I can write about something other than my heart.

The author must keep his mouth shut when his work starts to speak.

Fiction is a great combination between experience and imagination.

Write until your fingers break. It may be the cure for everything.