"In many cases when a reader puts a story aside because it 'got boring,' the boredom arose because the writer grew enchanted with his powers of description and lost sight of his priority, which is to keep the ball rolling."
"The scariest moment is always just before you start."
"When you write a book, you spend day after day scanning and identifying the trees. When you’re done, you have to step back and look at the forest."
"You cannot hope to sweep someone else away by the force of your writing until it has been done to you."
"Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work."
"Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work."