I only write when the spirit moves me ... and the spirit moves me every day. William Faulkner, Oxford, Mississippi

...I make no apology about stirring the depths - every human longs to swim under water and see what lurks beneath ...

Books most certainly don't write themselves, but life does. When in doubt about what to write, use your own life.

Do not worry about what words to use. Worry about why this story needs to be told and the rest will take care of itself.

Writing like this is a little like milking a cow: the milk is so rich and delicious, and the cow is so glad you did it.

It's a bizarre but wonderful feeling, to arrive dead center of a target you didn't even know you were aiming for.

No book can ever be finished. While working on it we learn just enough to find it immature the moment we turn away from it

And now, I have another good reason to speed up my baby narratives to make my author's profile appear more respectable.

Collaborating on a film script involves two people sitting in a room separated by the silence of two minds working together.

Essential acts to master for self realisation;Master the act of learning.Master the act of writing.Master the act of reading.

Writers often torture themselves trying to get the words right. Sometimes you must lower your expectations and just finish it.

If a writer starts worring about what he or she has left out or forgotten, they might not be able to write even a single line.

There's nothing more intoxicating than creating something from nothing. Creating something from yourself." Professor Pipe

I've discovered that sometimes writing badly can eventually lead to something better. Not writing at all leads to nothing.

Writing is simply another means for truth to escape, besides crawling out the hole it’s eaten in the author’s belly.