"Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work."

"Dinner: Get a nice salmon filet at the supermarket, not too big. Put some olive oil and lemon juice on it. Wrap it in damp paper towels. Nuke it in the microwave for 3 minutes or so. Eat it. Maybe add…"

"He referred to himself as 'the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and fries.'"

"If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot."

"Description begins in the writer's imagination, but should finish in the reader's."