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For any writers at all, read everything you can and then put your butt in the chair and write. That's all there is to it.

The tough thing about writing is you go into a room alone, you close the door and you do your work.

Writing is like playing golf - you have to keep working at your swing.

Writing is hard. I mean, I sit there and work at it.

Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself.

The hard part of writing at all is sitting your ass down in a chair and writing it. There's always something better to do, like I've got an interview, sharpening the pencils, trimming the roses. There's always something better to do. Going to a writer's club?

The most important lesson my parents taught me is that writing is a job, one that requires discipline and commitment. Most of the time it's a fun job, a wonderful job, but sometimes it isn't, and those are the days that test you.

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.

Writing is always a restorative process. It's like paddling a kayak. When you're writing, you can't do anything else. You're in the space you're in. So, in that way, it's enormously centering and restorative.

Writing is incredibly important to me as a way of handling the world, understanding how it works.