It’s hard to land a devastating jab/cross/hook/uppercut combo to your reader’s imagination when you’re telegraphing your punches.

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

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

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

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

There is no right or wrong way to write a novel. Each journey is different for every individual work and for every writer. The first error is never to begin; the second is never to finish.

Always mystify, torture, mislead, and surprise the audience as much as possible.