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

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

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

The recipe for great art has always been misery and a good bowel movement.

Any conversation including the mention of Roald Dahl, Ray Bradbury, or Emily Dickinson is one worth getting into or at least eavesdropping.

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

A writer always writes.