Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.

you can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.

The road to hell is paved with adverbs.

When you write a book, you spend day after day scanning and identifying the trees. When you’re done, you have to step back and look at the forest.

Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s.

Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open.

The most important things to remember about back story are that (a) everyone has a history and (b) most of it isn’t very interesting.

Symbolism exists to adorn and enrich, not to create an artificial sense of profundity.

The more you read, the less apt you are to make a fool of yourself with your pen or word processor.

To write is human, to edit is divine.

The scariest moment is always just before you start.

Why don't we leave this pot on to simmer for a while?

There was nothing but power, and those who hadn't yet found the tap. (Greachin)

They say love and hate are closely tied, that they can turn at a moment’s notice.

It's much more difficult to maintain personal hygiene if you're obese. Believe it or not, I've found items like remote controls and packages of cigarettes in people's fat rolls.

So far, I had a solid collection of my honest opinions…

God does not seek the opinions of others about your life.

Simplicity before understanding is simplistic; simplicity after understanding is simple.

He who assists a poor or needy villain does evil to his neighbor...for through the assistance which he renders he...supplies him with the means of doing evil to others.

The mature mind seeks to follow through.

Empathy comes from being empathized with.