How do you get so empty? Who takes it out of you?
I want your loves to be multiple. I don't want you to be a snob about anything. Anything you love, you do it.
Just write every day of your life. Read intensely.
When I graduated from high school I couldn't go to college, so I went to the library 3 days a week for 10 years.
I have two rules in life - to hell with it, whatever it is, and get your work done.
Find out what your hero or heroine wants, and when he or she wakes up in the morning, just follow him or her all day.