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

The gift of life is so precious that we should feel an obligation to pay back the universe for the gift of being alive.

Plot is no more than footprints left in the snow after your characters have run by on their way to incredible destinations.

But no man's a hero to himself. I've lived with me a lifetime. I know everything worth knowing about myself--" ~Something Wicked This Way Comes

I'm inclined to believe you need the psychiatrist.

If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go into business, because we'd be cynical. Well, that's nonsense. You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down.

The most improbable tales can be made believable, if your reader, through his sense, feels certain that he stands at the middle of events.