One does not travel, any more than one falls in love, to collect material. It is simply part of one's life...

A direct relationship exists between the caliber of the writing you read and the caliber of the writing you make.

Liquid quotes are more drinkable. Make your writing as fluid as possible, so people can chug it in one tasty gulp.

There is nothing more valuable in the writing process than a friend to hold you accountable to your own potential.

What are minnows but brief flashes? And what are thoughts? And how do you capture a brief flash, even for a second?

Tell it fast before you get scared and silence yourself. You’ll never wish you’d held back a little more.

Only something extremely dire and disabling will ever stop a real writer from writing. Retirement is never an option.

...it's good to know wave and particle alpha code, but more than that, the writer must go to the heart of life ...

...it's merely writing, but you have to adjust your ear – I speak quietly – I sob – I whisper...

...how many writers still dare compare a woman to Nature, like Campion? - there is a garden in her face - how lovely...

Each thing you add to your story is a drop of paint falling into clear water; it spreads through and colors everything.

Writing a book is a blood sport. If it doesn't hurt when you're done, you're probably doing something wrong.

People say that writers write for money. From my own experience that's not true. I write for me. I publish for money.

...a writer without authority? Impossible. as Kenneth Burke says, creation implies authority in the sense of originator....

The true writer, the born writer, will scribble words on scraps of litter, the back of a bus tickets, on the wall of a cell.