Being a writer is a very peculiar sort of a job: it's always... - Neil Gaiman

"If you only write when inspired, you may be a fairly decent poet, but you'll never be a novelist."

"Life is a disease: sexually transmitted, and invariably fatal."

"Writing may or may not be your salvation; it might or might not be your destiny. But that does not matter. What matters right now are the words, one after another. Find the next word. Write it down."

"Picking five favorite books is like picking the five body parts you'd most like not to lose."

"May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't forget to make some art -- write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself."