Don Roff

“We often wait for that knock of opportunity, though I've found it's better to just grab a chainsaw and cut open your own fucking door.”

“The best writers I've read possess oodles of self-doubt, yet claw their way up with each work and remain humble. Boastful ones, not so much.”

“I've found that busting your ass on a daily basis to make your art good, clear, and meaningful creates the most luck.”

“You're never as good a writer as you think you are, and you're never as bad. Just keep reading and writing, writing, writing.”

“Audiences will admire your character’s strength but connect with them through their weakness.”

“Write about the thing that scares you most or your most private confession and you'll never have a problem coming up with decent fiction.”

“I write fiction. It may have mystery, it may have horror, it may have fantasy, it may have love, but like life, it's all the same genre.”

“If you treat your characters like people, they'll reward you by being fully developed individuals.”

“When you're writing what you love, it's the most fun you can have with your clothing still on, unless of course, you write naked.”

“If you write a kid's book only for kids, then you have failed.”

“Keep being bold on the page, and in life, and people cannot ignore you forever.”