Many first-time authors are not concerned about the advance or royalties, they want the notoriety. They get smarter on their second book and look for the money.

A manuscript not submitted is a book not published.

Fiction writers can’t be trusted. They make things up.

Printing and transporting paper is very expensive, and e-books eliminate the expensive four-color printing, the higher quality paper, the ocean shipping, the customs clearance, the inventory, answering the telephone, writing up the orders, picking, packing and shipping and managing all of these functions. So we eliminate a huge number of costs and the chance that those books won't sell.

Each step you take reveals a new horizon. You have taken the first step today. Now, I challenge you to take another.

Marriage is the only game where the trapped animal has to buy the license.

If you wait for inspiration to write you're not a writer, you're a waiter.