“So here I am writing my zombie story and my lead character decides to betray me.”

“My own story, anyone's own story, is always told against me, even what I myself am writing here, because I have no heroic history to offer. There is no difficulty not of my own making.”

“I was attempting to write the story of my life. It wasn't so much about plot. It was much more about character.”

“I was attempting to write the story of my life. It wasn't so much about plot. It was much more about character.”

“Just when I figured out how to quiet the characters in my head, the multiple stories my creative muse wants me to write started screaming for attention!”

“All the stories I would like to write persecute me. When I am in my chamber, it seems as if they are all around me, like little devils, and while one tugs at my ear, another tweaks my nose, and each says to me, 'Sir, write me, I am beautiful.”