In my opinion there are two basic questions that any writer tries to answer. "What is?" is the question non-fiction asks. "What if?" is the question fiction asks. That's the question I'm more interested in.

Here's the thing: Authors live or die by recommendations. [That's one of the reason I review so many books on Goodreads.] Giving books you love good reviews is one of the nicest things you can do for an author. What's more it's good for the entire community.

All explicit knowledge is translated knowledge, and all translation is imperfect.

All stories are true,” Skarpi said. “But this one really happened, if that’s what you mean.” He took another slow drink, then smiled again, his bright eyes dancing. “More or less. You have to be a bit of a liar to tell a story the right way. Too much truth confuses the facts. Too much honesty makes you sound insincere.

Fear tends to come from ignorance. Once I knew what the problem was, it was just a problem, nothing to fear.

Half of seeming clever is keeping your mouth shut at the right times.

Its like he knows he's better than you, but doesn't look down on you for it because he knows it's not your fault.