“Nothing says work efficiency like panic mode.”

“You can be a writer who doesn't read everyday. But you're not fooling anyone. It shows, rather embarrassingly, in your work.”

“I've found the best way to revise your own work is to pretend that somebody else wrote it and then to rip the living shit out of it.”

“Nothing's a better cure for writer's block than to eat ice cream right out of the carton.”

“There is no right or wrong way to write a novel. Each journey is different for every individual work and for every writer. The first error is never to begin; the second is never to finish.”

“If you focus on the humanity of your stories, your characters, then the horror will be stronger, scarier. Without the humanity, the horror becomes nothing more than a tawdry parlor trick. All flash and no magic, and worst of all, no heart.”

“If you treat your characters like people, they'll reward you by being fully developed individuals.”