Story isn't a flight from reality but a vehicle that carries us on our search for reality.

Influence is just persuasion in slow motion.

Story isn't a flight from reality but a vehicle that carries us on our search for reality.

The principle of Creative Limitations calls for freedom within a circle of obstacles and restricted boundaries. Talent is like a muscle: without something to push against, it atrophies. So we deliberately put obstacles in our path - barriers that will inspire us. We disciple ourselves as to what to do, while we're boundless as to how to do it.

Given the choice between trivial material brilliantly told versus profound material badly told, an audience will always choose the trivial told brilliantly.

Of all the reasons for wanting to write, the only one that nurtures us through time is love of the work itself.

The mark of a master is to select only a few moments, but give us a lifetime.