“Love is the answer to everything. It's the only reason to do anything. If you don't write stories you love, you'll never make it. If you don't write stories that other people love, you'll never make it.”

“I love writing, it's the center of my life. If you don't love what you do, you'd better find something else to love. Otherwise, you don't have a reason for living.”

“Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love what you write. The word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write something you love, something to live for.”

“I want your loves to be multiple. I don't want you to be a snob about anything. Anything you love, you do it.”

“Write a short story every week. It's not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row.”

“...I mean, you don't just love people, you must LOVE them with exclamation points.”

“I love to write. It's all I do.”