When in doubt, we follow our hearts. Words can be false, images and sounds can be manipulated. But this...' He tapped his chest, over his heart. 'This is always true

The most reward experience is having another writer come up to you and say that they started writing because they read my books. That is how writing as a profession continues: readers becomes writers who inspire new readers.

Knowledge itself is never dangerous, it is how that knowledge is used that is dangerous

I don't want somebody sucking up to me because they think I am going to help their career. I want them sucking up to me because they genuinely love me.

The day we stop learning is the day we die.

All great literary works influence us as writers, not their stories as much as their storytelling ability.

He who retreats lives longer.