On Writing: "A multitude of improbabilities can be forgiven as long as enough plausibility has been established.

This is the secret to mastering any discipline: as you conquer one, you'll find it easier to tackle another.

Chapter one is where you reach out your hand to the reader and say, "Come, let's have an adventure together.

... yes I speak a different language - the dark fire of poetry - it flutters and gutters in tune with the mood...

Good writing is always about things that are important to you, things that are scary to you, things that eat you up.

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company.

If I ask you to think about something, you can decide not to. But if I make you feel something? Now I have your attention.

Comparisons deplete the actuality of the things compared... ("Conveyance: The Story I would Not Want Bill Wilson To Read")

My rule is never save bits. They get the way, and you don't think of anything new. Put 'em in. Make a big mess.

I don’t just want a gripping story line. I shoot for the three dimensional literary Braille to a silent Scorsese movie

T[he rules of writing] require that the episodes in a tale shall be necessary parts of the tale, and shall help to develop it.

Stories not only give us a much needed practice on figuring out what makes people tick, they give us insight into how we tick.

Each letter has a shape, she told them, one shape in the world and no other, and it is your responsibility to make it perfect.

...menulislah setiap hari, berpura-pura bahwa kau menerima gaji, berpura-pura bahwa kau harus menyerahkan sesuatu atau dipecat

How many great gems were lost to thoughtand not put down to pen.You can but think of just a fewand then they're lost again.