Shut up, Ray.

To write, live.

Life is not a submarine.

Live first, write second.

Clarity trumps all rules.

Write a book, not the book.

Writing starts with living.

No good story is quite true.

Writers are born, not created.

Writing is the act of discovery.

Get down, get naked, get savage.

Make it unique and make it shine.

TODAY IS A GREAT DAY TO MAKE ART.

Beware of advice—even this.

You only fail if you stop writing.