Always work with/surround yourself with people who help make you a better version of you. Kindly avoid those who don't.

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.

Authors must spend months, years making fantasy believable in a single work while reality runs rampant and complete chaos elsewhere.

If you treat your characters like people, they'll reward you by being fully developed individuals.

Writers often torture themselves trying to get the words right. Sometimes you must lower your expectations and just finish it.

Regarding the creative: never assume you're the master, only the student. Your audience will determine if you're masterful.

Love it when a compelling new character kicks open your mental door, tracks mud across your brain, and props their feet up on your cerebrum.