I don't fiddle or edit or change while I'm going through that first draft.

Those big blue eyes were swimming, and he was afraid that if the first tear fell, he would break and carry her off anywhere she wanted to go.

Vending Machine: "This product has no known nutritional value and may cause irritability or wakefulness in some individuals. Please enjoy your selection and your day." Eve: "Up yours.

It was best not to think, not to analyze. It was best to accept and act.

I think writer is a word without gender, and a good writer observes, absorbs, hopefully empathizes then translates that into character and story. You don’t have to do or be or have experienced, traveled to, but you have to imagine all of that, very well–and believe it completely during the bubble of the work.

What is technology?" Cian pulled his brother inside, pushed the button for the next floor. "It's another god.

People [are] as much a source of entertainment as they [are] a source of irritation. it keep[s] things balanced.