...desperation can toy with you and if you give desperation any wiggle room, it will find alternative answers

Writing a novel in general is like trying to reach a mountain top you'll never quite reach - so you try again and maybe get a little closer.

Hope is cruel. Hope reminds me of what almost was. Hope makes the physical ache return.

I still try to make the "next" book my "best" book. I want to grip and move you in unexpected ways.

Only bad writers think they're good.

In short, the satisfaction of creating, not necessarily the process, always lifts my heart.

I always think the insecurity is going to go away, but it's always there. Only bad writers think they're good.