“You write your first draft with your heart, and you rewrite with your head.”

“No thinking - that comes later. You must write your first draft with your heart. You rewrite with your head. The first key to writing is... to write, not to think!”

“You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.”

“Mulai lah menulis, jangan berpikir. Berpikir itu nanti saja. Yang penting menulis dulu. Tulis draft pertamamu itu dengan hati. Baru nanti kau akan menulis ulang dengan kepalamu. Kunci utama menulis adalah menulis, bukannya berpikir”.”

“Get a day job, make your money from that, and write to please yourself.”

“Did you have one of those days today, like a nail in the foot? Did the pterodactyl corpse dropped by the ghost of your mother from the spectral Hindenburg forever circling the Earth come smashing through the lid of your glass coffin? Did the New York strip steak you attacked at dinner suddenly show a mouth filled with needle-sharp teeth, and did it snap off the end of your fork, the last solid-gold fork from the set Anastasia pressed into your hands as they took her away to be shot? Is the slab under your apartment building moaning that it cannot stand the weight on its back a moment longer, and is the building stretching and creaking? Did a good friend betray you today, or did that good friend merely keep silent and fail to come to your aid? Are you holding the razor at your throat this very instant? Take heart, comfort is at hand. This is the hour that stretches. Djan karet. We are the cavalry. We're here. Put away the pills. We'll get you through this bloody night. Next time, it'll be your turn to help us."Eidolons" (1988)”

“I like to play with perceptions and stretch the bounds of believability.”