The worst advice? 'Don't listen to the critics.' I think that you really ought to listen to the critics, because sometimes they're telling you something is broken that you can fix.

Terrible thing to live in fear. Brooks Hatlen knew it. Knew it all too well. All I want is to be back where things make sense. Where I won't have to be afraid all the time.

Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open.

Reading is the creative center of a writer's life." -

It's actually against my religion to laugh at men who are toting guns.

A good reputation is something that must be earned, yet can never be bought.

A life without love is like a tree without fruit.