"Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work."

"I have the heart of a small boy—and I keep it in a jar on my desk."

"If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that."

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

"This machine just called me an asshole."