I learned that if you want to get somewhere, you just make up your mind and work like hell til you get there.

Nothing sparkly can stay.

If you want to be a writer, I have two pieces of advice. One is to be a reader. I think that's one of the most important parts of learning to write. The other piece of advice is 'Just do it!' Don't think about it, don't agonize, sit down and write.

I didn't think much about that statement then. But later I would-I still do. I think about it and think about it until I think I'm going crazy.

Even the most primite societies have an innate resepect for the insane.

I never base a character on someone I know. You can get ideas from real life, but every character you write is some aspect of yourself.

Dally was so real he scared me.