I did not begin with craft, I began with strong feelings and worked toward craft.

Every writing career starts as a personal quest for sainthood for self-betterment

Writing is not just a process of creation. It is also a process of self-discovery

In writing a novel, when in doubt, have two guys come through the door with guns.

You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write.

As a writer, I am just an actor in a play, telling a story that needs to be told.

I am too sick to be out of bed, too crazy to sleep, and am surrounded by horrors.

Writing is like going underwater - thank you for being there when I come back up.

When you reduce a woman to writing, she makes you think of a thousand other women

If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all.

The music lets me see the story but the story doesn't let me write the words.

Sure, it's simple writing for kids…just as simple as bringing them up.

In order really to write one has to sink deep into the self and become lost there.

Anything creative requires a bit of acting,and filling in blanks with imagination.

A writing cook and a cooking writer must be bold at the desk as well as the stove.