Nothing's a better cure for writer's block than to eat ice cream right out of the carton.

A day of bad writing is always better than a day of no writing.

But people in a small town tend to do a lot of talking, even when they don’t know what they’re talking about.

A writer always writes.

Fear and self-doubt are the deadly enemies of creativity. Don’t invite either into your mind.

If you focus on the humanity of your stories, your characters, then the horror will be stronger, scarier. Without the humanity, the horror becomes nothing more than a tawdry parlor trick. All flash and no magic, and worst of all, no heart.

Nothing's a better cure for writer's block than to eat ice cream right out of the carton.