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

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

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

When you're writing what you love, it's the most fun you can have with your clothing still on, unless of course, you write naked.

A migraine is the cockblock of writing.

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.

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