Trust is like that. You can break it for a good reason. But it still remains broken.

There are three things that make a person a writer: inspiration, perspiration and desperation.

It was one lesson he never forgot.You don't sit back when you or a loved one is being assaulted.And you don't act like the goverment with their "proportional responses" and all that nonsense.If someone hurts you,mercy and pity must be put aside,You eliminate the enemy.You scorch the earth.

The most annoying and full- of- crap thing a writer says is, I write only for myself, I don't care if anyone reads it. A writer without a reader doesn't exist.

A trial is two narratives competing for your attention.

For a short time, I hated them. But when you think about it, what good does that do?It takes so much to hold on to hate—you lose your grip on what's important, you know?

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.