If you can't be smart or funny, be brief.

You can't be both happy and ambitious.

All you need to know about plotting is twofold. 1. Give your characters goals. 2. Don't let them reach those goals.

Before you make the key, study the lock.

Sorry to hear about your Dad." He shrugged. "He was seventy, and we always told him fast food would kill him." "Heart attack?" "He was hit by a Pizza Express truck.

As writers, we can do whatever we want to. We're only limited by our imaginations. What an amazing, incredible time to be alive. How lucky we all are.

Writers are essential. Readers are essential. Publishers are not.