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1 " Nothing's a better cure for writer's block than to eat ice cream right out of the carton. "
― Don Roff
2 " A writer always writes. "
3 " Creativity and intelligence, rather than violence, are the best problem solvers. "
4 " Always mystify, torture, mislead, and surprise the audience as much as possible. "
5 " The recipe for great art has always been misery and a good bowel movement. "
6 " I've found the best way to revise your own work is to pretend that somebody else wrote it and then to rip the living shit out of it. "
7 " A migraine is the cockblock of writing. "
8 " If you treat your characters like people, they'll reward you by being fully developed individuals. "
9 " Writing a story, regardless of length, begins always with a single word. "
10 " If you focus on the humanity of your stories, your characters, then the horror will be stronger, scarier. Without the humanity, the horror becomes nothing more than a tawdry parlor trick. All flash and no magic, and worst of all, no heart. "
11 " When you're writing what you love, it's the most fun you can have with your clothing still on, unless of course, you write naked. "
12 " If you write a kid's book only for kids, then you have failed. "
13 " 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. "
14 " I write every day whether somebody pays me or not. I write every day whether or not self-doubt is kicking my ass. It's what writers must do. "
15 " I write fiction. It may have mystery, it may have horror, it may have fantasy, it may have love, but like life, it's all the same genre. "
16 " We often wait for that knock of opportunity, though I've found it's better to just grab a chainsaw and cut open your own fucking door. "
17 " You cannot write your character until you know how he or she thinks, until you know what their philosophy is in the world that they occupy. "
18 " Keep being bold on the page, and in life, and people cannot ignore you forever. "
19 " Authors must spend months, years making fantasy believable in a single work while reality runs rampant and complete chaos elsewhere. "
20 " Write about the thing that scares you most or your most private confession and you'll never have a problem coming up with decent fiction. "
