“In order to write the book you want to write, in the end you have to become the person you need to become to write that book.”

“Somewhere along the way we all go a bit mad. So burn, let go and dive into the horror, because maybe it’s the chaos which helps us find where we belong.”

“I am a strong believer in the tyranny, the dictatorship, the absolute authority of the writer.”

“So what? All writers are lunatics!”

“Everywhere I go I’m asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don’t stifle enough of them. There’s many a best-seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.”

“Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time.”

“If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn’t brood. I’d type a little faster.”

“History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.”

“Substitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very;’ your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.”

“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”