Always work with/surround yourself with people who help make you a better version of you. Kindly avoid those who don't.

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.

Nothing says work efficiency like panic mode.

The best writers I've read possess oodles of self-doubt, yet claw their way up with each work and remain humble. Boastful ones, not so much.

I've found that busting your ass on a daily basis to make your art good, clear, and meaningful creates the most luck.

You can be a writer who doesn't read everyday. But you're not fooling anyone. It shows, rather embarrassingly, in your work.

Authors must spend months, years making fantasy believable in a single work while reality runs rampant and complete chaos elsewhere.