Everything takes me forever. It's all lurch, flail. I hope that is good news to you writers.

There is nothing you can buy, achieve, own, or rent that can fill up that hunger inside for a sense of fulfillment and wonder.

When you make friends with fear, it can’t rule you.

That thing you had to force yourself to do-the actual act of writing-turns out to be the best part.

Some people won't go the extra mile, and then on their birthday, when no one makes a fuss, they feel neglected and bitter.

You are going to love some of your characters because they are you or some facet of you, and you are going to hate some of your characters for the same reason.

Writing can be a pretty desperate endeavor, because it is about some of our deepest needs: our need to be visible, to be heard, our need to make sense of our lives, to wake up and grow and belong. It is no wonder if we sometimes tend to take ourselves perhaps a bit too seriously.