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

If you write a kid's book only for kids, then you have failed.

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

Always mystify, torture, mislead, and surprise the audience as much as possible.

A writer always writes.

I've found the best way to revise your own work is to pretend that somebody else wrote it and then to rip the living shit out of it.

A migraine is the cockblock of writing.

You cannot write your character until you know how he or she thinks, until you know what their philosophy is in the world that they occupy.

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