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

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

“A writer always writes.”

“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.”