If you wish to be a writer, write.

Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish; but wish the things which happen to be as they are, and you will have a tranquil flow of life

Do not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your wishes, but wish for them as they are, and you will find them.

When you're a mid-list writer, it pays to write fast.

I haven’t had writer’s block. I think it’s because my process involves writing very badly.

I don't write tracts, I write novels. I'm not a preacher, I'm a fiction writer.