In training, there is no winning or losing. There is only learning.

If people try to judge you or shame you for doing safe, consensual things that make you happy, I can guarantee you they're bad people.

I'm not some movie star relying on a studio. I have my own fans and I earned them.

People have proven over and over that they will read if they are given something they like. The problem with reading is not reading, its that almost everything out there sucks. For so long, publishing has been run by a cartel of snobby pseudo-intellectual failed writers, and the resulting output has reflected not what the market wants, but what they think people are supposed to read.

The haters always scream the loudest.

Frankly, I'd rather make a little bit less money if it means living in a better world for books and publishing in the future.

I've come to learn that what really matters is the relationship, the quality of the relationship.