There would be a price... But if you were worried about the price, then why were you in the shop?

Quit while you're a head, that's what I say.

If you get the characters right you've done sometimes nearly half the work. I sometimes find I get the characters right then the characters will often help me write the book - not what they look like that's not very important - what people look like is not about their character. You have to describe the shape they leave in the world, how they react to things, what effect they have on people and you do that by telling their story.

Let grammar, punctuation, and spelling into your life! Even the most energetic and wonderful mess has to be turned into sentences.

...and the funny thing was that people who weren't entirely certain they were right always argued much louder than other people, as if the main person they were trying to convince were themselves.

He'd been an angel once. He hadn't meant to Fall. He'd just hung around with the wrong people.

Raise the stakes! Always push your luck because no one else would push it for you.