After two years of sending out query letters and failing to get an agent, I made friends with an author, who was nice enough to introduce me to his agent. That got my foot in the door.

Only priests and fools are fearless and I've never been on the best of terms with God.

The myth stems from the belief that writing is some mystical process. That it's magical. That it abides by its own set of rules different from all other forms of work, art, or play.But that's bullshit. Plumbers don't get plumber's block. Teachers don't get teacher's block. Soccer players don't get soccer block. What makes writing different? Nothing. The only difference is that writers feel they have a free pass to give up when writing is hard.

Bones mend. Regret stays with you forever.

Thieves, Heretics, and Whores

It wasn't even a good note. 'If you are reading this I am probably dead.' What sort of a note is that?

Too much truth confuses the facts. Too much honesty makes you sound insincere.