"Don't underestimate the blank page. It's one hell of an antagonist, far more wicked than any you'll write of."

"Being a writer is like having a fountain in your backyard that shoots out both diamonds and sewage. When you first start, all you see is the diamonds. Later, all you see is the sewage. Stick with it long enough and you realize that it's just a matter of picking through the sewage to find the diamonds."

"Writing is rewriting."

"Every writer has felt the torment of the blank page/screen staring them in the face. The frustration and rage of writing something only to realize it's garbage unfit for the Department of Sanitation."