Creative people need strong encouragement.

Hey Revision. You can be a pain but you do make Book better.

As with writing by candlelight, one’s greatest ideas come from ‘the flickering’ between darkness and light.

My spirit has been around far longer than my soul–I’ve lived several lifetimes already. And one this novel has been written, I will have lived several more.

The defining lines of reality have always been a bit blurred for me.

My ideas are a shapeless mass that my writing molds into beauty.

I’m in love with writing, but sometimes I swear it hates me.

Putting pen to paper without first deciding the route and pace at which to scribe is like setting off on a bicycle without first checking the tyres.

Crippled and crazy, we hobble toward the finish line, pen in hand.

Rejection. Rejection. You can’t handle rejection!

Spread sunshine and inspiration.

To my fellow writers’ I say, ‘Write. Build an imaginary world like nobody’s watching.

My fingers burn behind the keys of my typewriter, the lettering fading with every thoughtful strike. The many words I write I dare not stall; my mind perpetually alert for my magnum opus call.

I’ve never been high. Writing is my drug of choice. You don’t ever have to come down from that kind of high, I tell ya. And, best part is, it’s free.

Never be afraid to write what you believe. If the message speaks the truth, others will fear your words for you.

Good editors are priceless.

I am happiest sitting against a tree, with my notebook or sketchpad on my knee, capturing the moment.

Who thought up the dumb idea to arrange the memoir section in the bookstore by subject?

When you write a manuscript, it feels like being in a relationship with someone. You’ll hate it, get bored with it, be pissed of, like you just want to break up. But, just like any...

Let you light shine from the inside out.

…writers are a savage breed, Mr. Strike. If you want life-long friendship and selfless camaraderie, join the army and learn to kill. If you want a lifetime of temporary alliances with peers who will glory...

The word ‘NO’ is the best motivation there is for the storyteller in you.

My stories are my children. Some are sweet infants that I coddle and care for. Others are old enough now, they need to damn well get a job!

…you are a writer the moment you start writing, not when you’ve sold your first book.

If I write as well as I golf, I’m in trouble!

When sitting down to write a letter, it always pays to calm one’s mood, collect one’s thoughts, and have a plan.

The best writers tend to look the roughest in photos. At least that’s the excuse I use for why I look so bad in mine.

Writers are creatures of habit, as are humans, but writers aren’t necessarily human, are they?

Writing help us to express our thoughts, to share experiences, to think, to love, to inspire, to motivate, to challenge, to liberate, to learn, to hope, to smile and to wonder.

Having had virtually no contact with the outside world for the last few weeks, Evan had temporarily forgotten the social norms governing shopping conduct or approaching celebrities in public.

Me to Comma: I will never get use to you wanting to butt your way into my sentences — even if you’re right.

Q: Best part about being a musical theatre book writer?A: Explaining what that is.

There is always, always, always something to write about.

Show me the contract.

I’m pretty sure I’m the only author who intends to take the longest possible route to a destination that will always be over the next hill.

I don’t “lol”. I tried it once but it just didn’t agree with me.

Imaginative writers often project their own monsters and meanings on basic facts.

My pen beats faster as I write with my heart

Grammar, you’re the pickiest noun I know.

If I were to be honest, I’m probably fifty percent bagel. Okay, fine, sixty percent.

The beginning of every writing session is like setting down a road unknown.

A cliffhanger is when …

Never interrupt an author when he or she is ‘in the zone’, else you’ll understand the real meaning of ‘writer’s nib’.

I’m not into this whole “move with the times” thing. I reckon we should just decide on a year and stick with it.

Day after day, week after week; writing great fiction takes time, emotion, skill and effort.

A writer leads a hyphenated-life with words

I love Edit. He gives me tons of second chances to make things just right between us.

Growing up, I used to climb out my window onto the roof and look up at the stars. There, in the quiet, I would write stories inside my head.

Passionate attraction to someone of the opposite sex will make a hero or a fool of a novelist each time.

Climax: It’s all downhill from here.