Don’t break the rules when you haven’t fully figured them out yet.

Good writing ideas don’t have to be about political turmoil, mass killings, capitalism, racism, injustice, and so on. Find that one idea that has deep roots in your heart.

A writer can do without food for a few hours but not without the sight of books.

If you think there is no time to write now, there will never be.

Ideas either age like fine wine or rot like potatoes over time.

Tell a story in fewer and simpler words.

Clichés are the viruses that infect your writing with diseases.

Be a good reader first if you wish to become a good writer.

Our future depends on stories. As the world advances, literature has the ability to ground us—in our humanness, our imaginations, and our enlightenment.