It's nice to have people who will feel guilty for you.

Read a lot. Read broadly... Tell stories to your friends, and pay attention to when they get bored... Write a lot.

As a child I was an inveterate liar. As opposed to now, I am a Novelist.

So it’s your death suit.” “Correct. Don’t you have a death outfit?” “Yeah,” I said. “It’s a dress I bought for my fifteenth birthday party. But I don’t wear it on dates.” His eyes lit up. “We’re on a date?” he asked. I looked down, feeling bashful. “Don’t push it.

I change my keyboard between every book. I usually shop around. I'm very passionate about the physical feel of pressing the keys. It's got to have the right springiness. I tend to find the built-in keys very unsatisfying, the keys are low-profile and don't really do anything - I want it to feel like I'm typing.

Oh, Wikipedia, with your tension between those who would share knowledge and those who would destroy it.

Stop thinking about the landing, because it's all about falling.