Every hour you spend writing is an hour you don't spend worrying about your writing.

A writing teacher once told me that the most successful movies and books were simple plots about complex characters. You should be able to articulate your concept in a couple of lines.

The semi-colon is a burp, a hiccup. It's a drunk staggering out of the saloon at 2 a.m., grabbing your lapels on the way and asking you to listen to one more story.

There's a perilous word fiction writers need to watch out for. The word is 'had.'

Status, worry and comparison are ways to madness, not victory.

Every hour you spend writing is an hour you don't spend worrying about your writing.

The most important rule: Do not, I repeat, do not censor yourself in any way. Leave your editorial mind out of the loop. Just let the ideas come pouring out in any way, shape, or form they want to. Do not judge anything.