Who knows why we do it? And when we've done it, nobody wants it. Still we keep doing it. That's what makes a writer a writer.

Between the lines of every book the writer reveals their own secrets.

When you lose yourself in a book the hours grow wings and fly.

Writers strive for the impossible: perfection. Even the universe is flawed.

Characters begin as your children and become your teachers.

Books have a life. They breathe. When you write a book, it grows and changes. You learn from your characters after you create them. They come from you and you become them.

Write what you want to write. That's the only advice a writer will ever need.

Writing is like a religion to those who don't practise, an act of faith for those who do.

Perfection is not something you strive for. Perfection is in the eyes of the beholder. Perfection is a state of grace, of peace of serenity, a moment as fleeting as a smile.

The only prophecy the artist can make with confidence is that he and his message will be misunderstood by a world that values all the wrong things.

I'm my characters' galley slave.

But there's a juicy artery in your groin, " he said after a pause to regroup, his voice as slithery as a snake on a slide."Don't you talk dirty, " I told him. "I won't listen to that.

Did you know that using social media can actually help you to increase your level of thinking?

Suppose you were the last one left? Suppose you did that to yourself?

Plus je vois le homes, plus j’admire les chiens” (The more I see of men, the more I admire dogs).

I've invented Twofacebook, the antisocial network. You start being friends w/entire world & defriend people one by one.

Design means being good, not just looking good.

In order for a long piece of work to engage a novelist over an extended period of time, it has to deal with questions that you find very important, that you're trying to work out.

It's all the same when you're lonely

The gods have their own rules.

For me their biggest threat is when they get into the attacking part of the field.