It always comes down to just two choices. Get busy living, or get busy dying.

Money can't buy off the lightning.

The scariest moment is always just before you start.

I wouldn't have missed a single minute of it, Not for the whole world.

I write about things that scare me. I've never written a snake story in my life. I myself have never written a story about snakes because they don't scare me. I write about rats because they scare the hell out of me.

There should be no telephone in your writing room, certainly no TV or videogames for you to fool around with. If there’s a window, draw the curtains or pull down the shades unless it looks out at a blank wall.

Now panic beats and flutters inside my skull like a flock of starlings locked in an attic.