Don’t try to visualize the great mass audience. There is no such audience—every reader is a different person.

Less is more.

Writing is such a lonely work that I try to keep myself cheered up.

I'm often dismayed by the sludge I see appearing on my screen if I approach writing as a task--the day's work--and not with some enjoyment.

The writer, his eye on the finish line, never gave enough thought to how to run the race.

Good writing is good writing, whatever form it takes and whatever we call it.

...being "rather unique" is no more possible than being rather pregnant.

But on the question of who you're writing for, don't be eager to please.

It wont do to say that the reader is too dumb or too lazy to keep pace with the train of thought. If the reader is lost, it's usually because the writer hasn't be careful enough.

It wont do to say that the reader is too dumb or too lazy to keep pace with the train of thought. If the reader is lost, it's usually because the writer hasn't been careful enough

The reader is someone with an attention span of about 30 seconds.

Only the hopeless love God.

Unhappiness in a child accumulates because he sees no end to the dark tunnel. The thirteen weeks of a term might just as well be thirteen years.

Failing is great! Isn't it? I mean, it sets you free and, after all, failures are the pillars of success. So, you must fail!

For every perfect little town, there's something ugly underneath. No dream without the nightmare.

Revival comes from heaven when heroic souls enter the conflict determined to win or die - or if need be, to win and die! The kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.

Los Angeles is a Yukon for crime-story writers.

Terrorism is not a matter that can be left to law enforcement, with its deliberative process, built-in delays, and safeguards that may let the prisoner go free on procedural grounds.

Pain is a message, and you can choose to ignore that message.

I try to always stretch myself to fit the characters that have been presented.

It never cost a disciple anything to follow Jesus; to talk about cost when you are in love with anyone is an insult.