72 Quotes by Don Roff

A day of bad writing is always better than a day of no writing.

There was talk of the Centaur being moved into the elephant cages to make room for a banjo-picking Minotaur. Surrendering his meager furnishings to a musical half man half bull was all bull.

It’s hard to land a devastating jab/cross/hook/uppercut combo to your reader’s imagination when you’re telegraphing your punches.

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.

It’s my belief that people enter your life at exactly the right time.

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

Regarding the creative: never assume you’re the master, only the student. Your audience will determine if you’re masterful.

It’s better to write something, anything, than to starve the monster. The monster must feed. And it will feed on your soul if not your words. Its appetite is insatiable. Write to save yourself from the monster.

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