You can read a dozen different textbooks or how-to manuals that will tell you the basic rules of what makes a story - a beginning, a middle, and an end.

It all depends on which side of the desk you're sitting on.

I always wanted to fire rays out of my fingertips.

I would like immortality.

I hate the crazy, neurotic characters beyond a certain point.

In these litigious times, if you're a beginner, it's becoming harder and harder to get your work to the people who might actually be able to hire you.

A writer writes. Period. No matter if someone is buying your work or not.