There is a wonderful intelligence to the unconscious. It’s always smarter than we are.

They were gone and I missed them but even so I was very happy. For the rest of my life no matter where on this planet earth I went and no matter how scared or confused I got, I could wait until dark and look up into the night sky and see my three friends again and my heart would swell with love of them and make me strong and clearheaded.

Choose your agent as carefully as you would choose your accountant or lawyer. Or dentist.

For almost anyone who chooses to be a writer, since so very few writers are able to learn a living from their work that is equivalent to the living earned by the average dentist or accountant.

Loyalty is weird, it kicks in when you dont expect it and the people who deserve loyalty least seem to get it the most.

The best thing about writing programs is that it rationalized the apprenticeship of a writer.

If you dedicate your attention to discipline in your life you become smarter.