It's not the writing part that's hard. What's hard is sitting down to write.What keeps us from sitting down is Resistance.

Early on I set out to write the next Great American Novel, and then later on I set out the silverware and enjoyed my dinner in silence.

I don't write like this in order to show how clever and well read I am--though I am rather clever and well read as a matter of fact.

When you get some free time, write. When you get some lazy time, plan. When you get down time, world build. When your time comes, shine!

You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.

I want to write an unreliable narrator. In fact, he’ll be so unreliable that I’m not even sure he’ll show up to narrate.

That's what I do. Watch movies and read. Sometimes I even pretend to write, but I'm not fooling anyone. Oh, and I go to the mailbox.

My book sales are way down today. Also, I've received two scathing reviews. One of them calls me “a purveyor of insipid wet-dreams.

Write about the thing that scares you most or your most private confession and you'll never have a problem coming up with decent fiction.

I surround myself with books when I write, thus surrounding myself with writers... only they don't critique me and then get up for coffee.

I am in awe of flowers. Not because of their colors, but because even though they have dirt in their roots, they still grow. They still bloom.

I want to write a book so long that it will take the average person their whole life to read. It will be exactly the same length as the Bible.

The more I write the more I learn about writing. It is easy to say what looks good or sound good on paper until you experience it for yourself.

If I make you read, then I'll keep quiet. If I make you think, then I'll keep reading. If I make you smile, then I'll keep writing.

You know you are a writer when characters inside your brain keep demanding, 'This is my story! Now tell it or I will never leave you alone!