If you have a good story idea, don't assume it must form a prose narrative. It may work better as a play, a screenplay or a poem. Be flexible.

I once dreamed a whole short story. Wrapped in its peculiar atmosphere, as if draped in clouds, I walked entranced to my desk at about 4 A.M. and typed it on to the screen.

Some of these things are true and some of them lies. But they are all good stories.

If you have a beautiful story, it has to have conflict. If you don't have conflict, it can't be a good story.

Courier 12 is the Type-O blood of fonts - works just as good for a 'N.Y. Times' op-ed as a screenplay or a short story.

In order to have a TV series, you have to have a good idea for the story.