Give me just enough information so that I can lie convincingly.

Writers write. That's all it is. It is as simple, and as complex, as that.

The trick is to teach yourself to read in small sips as well as long swallows.

A broken spoon may be a fork in disguise.

Artistic talent is far more common than the talent to nurture artistic talent.

The man in black smiled. "Shall we tell the truth then, you and I? No more lies?" I thought we had been." But the man in black persisted as if Roland hadn't spoken. "Shall there be truth between us, as two men? Not as friends, but as equals? There is an offer you will get rarely, Roland. Only equals speak the truth, that's my thought on't. Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of regard. How tiresome!

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. When you find something at which you have talent, you do that thing (what ever it is) until your fingers bleed or your eyes pop out of your head.