When you are young, hone your craft and write shorter pieces instead of novels, because it's really hard to finish a novel.

The sooner you learn to finish things, and as a matter of course finish your creative endeavors, the better. It took me a long time to learn that.

The only way to learn and hone your craft is by working hard and writing regularly.

It's easy to get published once you have written a really good book and the hard part, 99 percent of what you need to worry about, is really finishing it.

She moved like a poem and smiled like a sphinx.

Never sit staring at a blank page or screen. If you find yourself stuck, write. Write about the scene you're trying to write. Writing about is easier than writing, and chances are, it will give you your way in.