“Scott took LITERATURE so solemnly. He never understood that it was just writing as well as you can and finishing what you start.”

“Filmmaking is an organic process from start to finish, so there should be many surprises along the way. You never know what film you really have until it is delivered.”

“What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.”

“I waited. Because with Eli, he was never trying to get you to finish for him. He always knew where he was going, even if it took a little while to get there.”

“If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you will never read, you have done rare things.”

“I really need to know
I may just never see you again, or might as well
You took advantage of a world that loved you well
I'm going to a town that has already been burnt down
I'm so tired of you, America.”

“When you start getting into the process of writing, then the characters start coming alive. And then they tell you what to write.”

“The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish.”

“Elend started. "Vin!" Then, he smiled. "What took you so long?"
"I got delayed by an Inquistor and a dark god," she said. "Now hustle.”

“If you can't think of what to write, tough luck; write anyway. If you can think of lots more when you've finished the three pages, don't write it; it'll be that much easier to get going next day.”