... every writer I had ever known wrote his best work when he had his back up against the wall and thought he would never write another word.

The story's what matters; spelling's overrated.

I have the same fantasy every time I read a book I love, no matter who wrote it, no matter when it was written. That the author has written his book only for me.

...every writer I had ever known wrote his best work when he had his back up against the wall and thought he would never write another word.

And yet, wasn't the terrific thing about stories the fact that they joined readers together, that they made people realize they were not alone in their hopes, dreams, and fears?

Isn’t that why all writers write? To inspire their readers?

Every criminal would be an artist if he had the talent, and every artist would become a criminal if he had the guts.

Sometimes in fiction you had to mute reality in order to make it seem more believable.

...there was a certain comfort in surrender.

There are few things we should keenly desire if we really knew what we wanted.

i thank the universe for takingeverything it has takenand giving to meeverything it is giving-balance

Getting the first draft finished is like pushing a very dirty peanut across the floor with your nose.

When you are Real you don't mind being hurt.

Education is at the heart of achieving your dreams.

I think it's important to keep things positive. Sometimes you don't win, and that sucks, and you work on improving.

I like movies I can relate to.

I don't want to spend my life in my 40s feeling bad about being in my 40s, and then all of a sudden I'm 50, and I will have missed a whole decade!

[Entrepreneurship] is by no means hunch or gamble. But it also is not precisely science. Rather, it is judgment.

All power is from within and therefore under our control