All worthy work is open to interpretations the author did not intend. Art isn’t your pet - it’s your kid. It grows up and talks back to you. - Joss Whedon

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. - Leonardo da Vinci

It’s not the fear of writing that blocks people, it’s fear of not writing well. Something quite different. - Scott Berkun

People constantly make pop culture references. That’s why it’s called popular culture, because people are aware of it and reference it constantly. - Seth Rogan

The best investment is in the tools of one’s own trade. - Benjamin Franklin

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run. - Henry David Thoreau

By reading a lot of novels in a variety of genres, and asking questions, it's possible to learn how things are done - the mechanics of writing, so to speak - and which genres and authors excel in various areas. - Nicholas Sparks

A cliffhanger is when… - Buffy Andrews

You could be writing the book that changes your life. - Brandon Sanderson

Readers tend to like a character who is at least superficially like themselves. But they quickly lose interest unless this particular character is somehow out of the ordinary. - Orson Scott Card