Talk is free but the wise man chooses when to spend his words.

And life is a good thing for a writer. It's where we get our raw material, for a start. We quite like to stop and watch it.

I'm bored," she said. "Learn how to tap-dance," he suggested, without turning around.

I decided that I would do my best in the future not to write books just for money. If you didn't get the money then you didn't have anything. If I did the work I was proud of and I didn't get the money, at least I'd have the work.

It doesn't matter that you didn't believe in us," said Mr. Ibis. "We believed in you.

I know that this is the internet, and we're all anonymous and all that, but really. It doesn't hurt to try to be nice.

Remember that, sooner or later, before it ever reaches perfection, you will have to let it go and move on and start to write the next thing. Perfection is like chasing the horizon. Keep moving.