Long before you knew what death was you were wishing it on someone else.

I love you and I forgive you. I am like you and you are like me. I love all people. I love the world. I love creating. Everything in our life should be based on love.

There are a lot of wonderful women writers who would be good influences on writers. You've got to spread yourself out and educate yourself with all kinds of stories.

You must never name the goal. You must never tell us the target you're hitting for. You must automatically go toward it without ever naming it.

Write 1000 words a day. That's only about four pages, but force yourself to do it. Put your finger down your throat and throw up. That's what writing's all about.

The Internet is a big distraction. It's distracting, it's meaningless; it's not real. It's in the air somewhere.

First, find out what your hero wants, then just follow him.