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.

Writing a story, regardless of length, begins always with a single word.

It's my belief that people enter your life at exactly the right time.

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.

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

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.