I've always operated with a great deal of self-doubt. Every time I start a new book it's like, well, this one will destroy the career and I have to overcome that feeling especially in the first hundred pages of the book.

I think it's the people who have no doubt that every word they put down is gold that probably don't write very well.

Without trust, there can be no tranquil resting of the mind.

the worst happens when you least expect it

mankind has no right to employ its genius in the creation of another intelligent species, then treat it like property. If we've come so far that we can create as God creates, then we have to learn to act with the justice and mercy of God.

Every writer has his own voice. Other than that I'm always trying to do change-ups and publishers haven't always been happy about that.

The desire to write well can never be fulfilled without hard work.