Rejection. Rejection. You can’t handle rejection!

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

I before E except after C. Weird?By rebelling against the rules the word itself denotes its very meaning: of strange or extraordinary character, odd, fantastic.I think all writers are weird.

Good editors are priceless.

I am too much of an imitator to be a true writer.

Conflict. Conflict. Where art thou conflict?

As I drove out the wrought iron gates I had entered, I noticed for the first time how intricate and beautiful they were. They were forged by hand so many years ago and had stood...

Publish a book before you’re too old to read it without glasses.

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

A writer who has perfect writing skills and zero honesty is not an author but a sales person.

A writer who’s afraid to express their opinions is not a writer – they’re just a person with a pen.

You deserve good sperm. You’ve waited a long time.

A writer leads a hyphenated-life with words

Show me the contract.

we inhale life and exhale words. that’s just what writers’ do–

Editors can be stupid at times. They just ignore that author’s intention. I always try to read unabridged editions, so much is lost with cut versions of classic literature, even movies don’t make sense when...

The pimple is perfect.

When we sit down to write, we psychically enter a sanctuary. This safe haven is our own personal space where we can say whatever is on our mind, where we can talk about what matters...

A cliffhanger is when …

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 thing I want to write most is the next thing I write.

I am swimming in a sea of words, attempting to keep my head above water.

I’ll pray for good semen. And I’ll get all of my friends to pray for good semen.

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

Climax: It’s all downhill from here.

…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...

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.

It’s hard to be a dreamer sometimes. I’m tired.

A tweet a day keeps writer’s block away.

…writing allows us to reposition ourselves so we can see what is otherwise in our mental blind spots or those things about oneself and the world that we neither can see nor understand from the...

Sometimes the writing just comes and we’re like, oh yeah. Gotta love when that happens.

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

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

Caught red-handed for exclamation abuse.

Writing heals my heart like no pill ever could.

Write on!

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

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.

I loss Muse!

Every book I’ve read appears in my writing.

The power of the delete key.

that you put a banana down your pants and walked up to the Palma-nator. It looked like you had one hell of a hard-on.

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!

Writer. Another word for poor.

This conversation with myself has an overwhelming aroma of narcissism.

I don’t do math.

I wear the writer pants in the family.

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.

Me to characters: talk to me people.

Negative experiences repeat as long as they remain useful to you.