Nothing's a better cure for writer's block than to eat ice cream right out of the carton.

The recipe for great art has always been misery and a good bowel movement.

If you treat your characters like people, they'll reward you by being fully developed individuals.

If you schlep a shit job everyday, keep and feed a little secret life--whether it's writing, art, running, music, your thoughts. It's yours.

Audiences will admire your character’s strength but connect with them through their weakness.

Kindness, motherfucker, kindness.

You're never as good a writer as you think you are, and you're never as bad. Just keep reading and writing, writing, writing.

Write about the thing that scares you most or your most private confession and you'll never have a problem coming up with decent fiction.

There is no right or wrong way to write a novel. Each journey is different for every individual work and for every writer. The first error is never to begin; the second is never to finish.