'Pay it forward' has become a hackneyed concept, but I truly believe in it, and it gives me huge satisfaction to be able to help writers in a measurable way.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I was a young girl the first time I learned about the concept of paying it forward.
I always tell people there's only one trick to writing: You have to write something that people are willing to pay money to read. It doesn't have to be very good, necessarily, but somebody, somewhere, has got to be willing to pay money for it.
I'm a great believer in the experiential theory of writing.
My mission as a writer is to give my readers hope to carry with them, and to promote a belief that they can do anything they set their minds to.
When you're a writer, everything that interests you feeds into your work.
I would very much like to be one of those writers who have something really clear in their head to say, and throughout their life they promote this idea in their works.
When I write, I don't allow the fear of consequences to interfere with the writing process. I have in the past paid for my commitment to the truth and the way I live my life. I am prepared to pay more if I have to.
The part of my writing I find the most rewarding is when people write to me or speak to me in public to tell me how his or her life has been changed by my books.
For me, writing is like being taken on a walk by a footnote: It's amazing where you end up.
Being rewarded for anything other than the quality of their work is the fastest way to screw-up a writer-and it isn't only new ones who suffer from that.