A poet is a musician who can't sing.

Caffeine helps a lot. That and a certain amount of isolation.

She taught me I should never do anything in private I did not want talked about in public, and cautioned me not to talk in my sleep.

Sometimes I go outside after a long stretch of writing and I'm surprised it's not raining. Or that it's daylight. Or that it's not the middle of winter. I don't know if that level of immersion is normal, but it's now I do things. I like it. It works well for me.

I've got an idea for a modern day faerie tale that I think would made a great short novel. But I just don't have the time to work on it right now. I'm way too busy with the 'Kingkiller Chronicles' and being a new dad.

Now that I understand how publishing schedules work, I can understand why many authors have the sophomore slump. A year is a long time to wait for a sequel, but it's a short, short time to WRITE a sequel.

I always read. You know how sharks have to keep swimming or they die? I’m like that. If I stop reading, I die.