
I love my rejection slips. They show me I try.
–Sylvia Plath

I love my rejection slips. They show me I try.
–Sylvia Plath

“Your intuition knows what to write, so get out of the way.”
— Ray Bradbury

In my experience, the best creative work is never done when one is unhappy.
– Albert Einstein

You are what you settle for.
—Janis Joplin

“Imagination is like a muscle. I found out that the more I wrote, the bigger it got.”
— Philip Jose Farmer

The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote that when you look into the darkness of the abyss the abyss looks into you. Probably no other line or thought more inspires or informs my work.
– Michael Connelly



If I put love into the work, it will find friends.
—Vincent van Gogh

All writers have this vague hope that the elves will come in the night and finish any stories.
—Neil Gaiman
