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.

Read a lot, write a lot is the great commandment.

A product can be quickly outdated, but a successful brand is timeless.

there's no harm in hoping for the best as long as you're prepared for the worst.

Roland could not understand why anyone would want cocaine or any other illegal drug, for that matter, in a world where such a powerful one as sugar was so plentiful and cheap.

If we don't have each other, we go crazy with loneliness. When we do, we go crazy with togetherness.

When your story is ready for rewrite, cut it to the bone. Get rid of every ounce of excess fat. This is going to hurt; revising a story down to the bare essentials is always a little like murdering children, but it must be done.