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Ever heard of a carpenter not going to work because he has “carpenter’s block”? If a writer can’t write, it’s because he doesn’t really want to, he isn’t ready to get it on paper or he’s just plain lazy.
What I loved most about calling myself a reporter was that it gave me an excuse to show up anyplace.
Editor: A person employed by a newspaper, whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff, and to see that the chaff is printed.
Thank your readers and the critics who praise you, and then ignore them. Write for the most intelligent, wittiest, wisest audience in the universe: Write to please yourself.
Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade, just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself.
A writer without interest or sympathy for the foibles of his fellow man is not conceivable as a writer.
Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.
It is only natural to pattern yourself after someone. But you can’t just copy someone. If you like someone’s work, the important thing is to be exposed to everything that person has been exposed to.
When writing a novel, that’s pretty much entirely what life turns into: “House burned down. Car stolen. Cat exploded. Did 1,500 easy words, so all in all it was a pretty good day.”
If you have an idea that you genuinely think is good, don’t let some idiot talk you out of it.
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.
I have a structured songwriting process. I start with the music and try to come up with musical ideas, then the melody, then the hook, and the lyrics come last.
Writers aren’t people exactly. Or, if they’re any good, they’re a whole lot of people trying so hard to be one person.

























