You're never as good a writer as you think you are, and you're never as bad. Just keep reading and writing, writing, writing.

Writing is dreaming with your eyes open — and your heart on fire.

A rain forest springs from the droppings of animals and grows greater than any cultivated garden; likewise, a great mass of literary skill springs from the droppings of writers that cross our minds through the reading we do.

The show must go on, and so must The Book.

I don't think writers should write about answers. I think writers should write about questions.

When I told my teachers I wanted to be a writer, alot of them encouraged me to lower my expectations and to be more realistic. So I rode away on my magical, winged horse, spraying faerie dust behind me, and laughing manically as I went.