You can't make anyone love you and you can't stop anyone from dying.

Writing is self-taught. Consulting other people only teaches you to depend on their reactions, which may or may not be legitimate. Quit looking for approval ... Learn to evaluate your own work with a dispassionate eye ... the lessons you acquire will be all the more valuable because you've mastered your craft from within.

There was an author who titled his books by days of the weeks and another one that used colors. Then there was Edward Gorey who wrote the book The Gashlycrumb Tinies, about the untimely death of 26 Victorian children, each representing a letter of the alphabet. I thought what a great way to link the titles.

Give yourself time to get better.

Pretending to be 'normal' is a lot harder than you think.

There's a certain class of people who will do you in and then remain completely mystified by the depth of your pain.

I only get writer's block about once a day.