When writing, I uncage KAT: Keep Adding Tension. Even if I don't know where the story's going, petting the KAT keeps it purring.

It's my belief that people enter your life at exactly the right time.

But people in a small town tend to do a lot of talking, even when they don’t know what they’re talking about.

Nothing says work efficiency like panic mode.

The recipe for great art has always been misery and a good bowel movement.

A day of bad writing is always better than a day of no writing.

Any conversation including the mention of Roald Dahl, Ray Bradbury, or Emily Dickinson is one worth getting into or at least eavesdropping.

Nothing's a better cure for writer's block than to eat ice cream right out of the carton.

A writer always writes.

Always mystify, torture, mislead, and surprise the audience as much as possible.

If you treat your characters like people, they'll reward you by being fully developed individuals.

Sometimes, challenging a person to do their best is the most kind and compassionate thing you can do for them.

For somehow this is tyranny's disease, to trust no friends.

Is a lie still a lieif you say it pretty?

Consider the Divine Life as the most important thing to obtain.

People think of travel, of movement, as a kind of reprieve from life. But they're wrong. Movement isn't a reprieve. There is no reprieve. Movement is our permanent state.

It felt good to get out there, move a little and break a couple of tackles and get back to myself to get ready for Week 1.

Giving back or giving forward is the one true law of marketing.

At first I was iridescent, then I became transparent, finally I was absent

The language of the street is always strong.

These people who come to Comic-Con and dress up - all across the country, the rest of the population who doesn't understand are scoffing at them.