I Was A 'planet Of The Apes'-obsessed

So Perhaps The Greatest Worry Of All Was That One Day You Would Realize That All The Worries Of Your Life Amounted To One Thing: The Desire To Just Stop Worrying.

My Theory Of Characterization Is Basically This: Put Some Dirt On A Hero, And Put Some Sunshine On The Villain, One Brush Stroke Of Beauty On The Villain.

If You Are Writing Any Book About The End Of The World, What You Are Really Writing About Is What's Worth Saving About It.

Every Book Has Got Its Challenges. You Run Into A Plot Point That You Can't Figure Out, Or A Scene That You Struggle To Write And Have To Write 50 Times.

Writing Is A Job: You Must Show Up.