“Regarding the creative: never assume you're the master, only the student. Your audience will determine if you're masterful.”

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

“Fear and self-doubt are the deadly enemies of creativity. Don’t invite either into your mind.”

“When you're writing what you love, it's the most fun you can have with your clothing still on, unless of course, you write naked.”

“Always mystify, torture, mislead, and surprise the audience as much as possible.”

“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.”

“It’s hard to land a devastating jab/cross/hook/uppercut combo to your reader’s imagination when you’re telegraphing your punches.”