There are only two ways we can be beaten: we die or we give up. And we're not giving up.
The good old days are now.
Giving your book to Hollywood is like turning your daughter over to a pimp.
Remember, for every shot you fire, someone, somewhere, is making money.
You learn to write the same way you learn to play golf... You do it, and keep doing it until you get it right. A lot of people think something mystical happens to you, that maybe the muse kisses you on the ear. But writing isn’t divinely inspired – it’s hard work.
There is an old saying: In history nothing is true but the names and dates. In fiction everything is true but the names and dates. The difference between reality and fiction? Fiction has to make sense.