Any conversation including the mention of Roald Dahl, Ray Bradbury, or Emily Dickinson is one worth getting into or at least eavesdropping.
If you treat your characters like people, they'll reward you by being fully developed individuals.
Nothing says work efficiency like panic mode.
A migraine is the cockblock of writing.
Always mystify, torture, mislead, and surprise the audience as much as possible.
Authors must spend months, years making fantasy believable in a single work while reality runs rampant and complete chaos elsewhere.