Jack Kerouac died after throwing up blood. The malt liquor. Then that other guy who shot his wife in the head. Burroughs somebody. And I wonder about literary figures. They’re all drunk and staggering and...

The only man she ever loved. And hated.

We really learn only from those books that we cannot judge. The author of a book that we were able to judge would have to learn from us.

But writers and their woes: they couldn’t be parted. Not for anything.

You ever try holding, say, even a single chapter of a novel in your head? Consciously? All at once?

A writer is simply one who writes words, Even if just 1 person reads it your work, or a 100, or 1million or 100,000 You are a writer.

The world’s greatest achievers have been those who have always stayed focussed on their goals and have been consistent in their efforts.

Writing novels is not an illness that need be recovered from. It is my work; it is what I do.

I am a perfectionist in spirit

I don’t know much about creative writing programs. But they’re not telling the truth if they don’t teach, one, that writing is hard work, and, two, that you have to give up a great deal...

Great writers experience their dreams. They put them on paper, where others can read about them.

The approach to digital culture I abhor would indeed turn all the world’s books into one book, just as Kevin (Kelly) suggested. It might start to happen in the next decade or so. Google and...

I’m not a stranger,” I said, and pointed to his book. “I’m someone who reads the same authors you do.

Only the writers can change or fix the past by going back to edit old works

Avoid the RTP Syndrome. When you rush to Publish, you rush to mistakes and chaos. Guaranteed.

The burning point of paper was the moment where I knew that I would have to remember this. Because people would have to remember books, if other people burn them or forget them. We will...

I see God now as an unimaginative writer of popular fictions, someone who builds stories around sadistic and graceless plots, narratives that exist only to express His terror of a woman’s power to choose who...

When you are falling short in vocabulary to explain the emotion in your story.Than you are writing the right story

We need to boost each other to get to the top. It is much more effective than stepping on each other.

If you were born with the ability to change someone’s perspective or emotions, never waste that gift. It is one of the most powerful gifts God can give—the ability to influence.