"If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that."

"The world is a scary place, but it's also a beautiful one."

"It's all right to fail. It's not all right to give up."

"Sometimes when you're writing, you're not writing, you're just staring at the wall. And that's okay."

"Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work."