Writers don't write to inform other people, they write to find out something themselves.

...let the emotional weight of a scene rest on the dialogue wherever possible. This is the easy way to avoid overinterpretation, which seems to be what turns a scene from sympathetic to sentimental.

Depending on the reality one must face, one may prefer to opt for illusion.

Make notes—I’ve lost more material than I’ve ever written. Contrary to popular opinion, it’s not still up there in one’s brain. It’s in outer space and it ain’t coming back.

Depression is not sobbing and crying and giving vent, it is plain and simple reduction of feeling.

To have a reason to get up in the morning, it is necessary to have some kind of guiding principle. A belief of some kind

Writers don't write to inform other people, they write to find out something themselves.