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

Life is chaotic and meaningless, and you have to find your meaning. You must find the answer, you can't just live. That's the point of story: helping you find your meaning in life.

Story is about eternal, universal forms, not formulas.

Angry contradiction of the patriarch is not creativity; it's delinquency calling for attention. Difference for the sake of difference is as empty an achievement as slavishly following the commercial imperative.

The dirty secret of art is you don't have to show people your bad writing. That's what we have the delete key for.

Stories build cultures by answering the big questions.

Classical design is a mirror of the human mind. It's how we see the world.