A change is as good as a rest.

When you write a story, you’re telling yourself the story,” he said. “When you rewrite, your main job is taking out all the things that are not the story.

The only wat to get better at writing is to write. And read.

I love music, and I can play a little. But anyone can see the difference between someone who's talented and someone that's not.

Formula: Second Draft = First Draft minus 10%.

I go where the story leads. And, sometimes, it is a little bit outrageous. And I relish that. I sort of want to be as much on the edge as I can.

Not everybody believes in ghosts, but I do. Do you know what they are, Trisha? She had shaken her head slowly. Men and women who can't get over their past . . . That's what ghosts are.