“Your life informs your writing.”

“You must write, and read, as if your life depended on it.”

“Find your quiet center of life and write from that to the world.”

“If your life is worth thinking about, it is worth writing about.”

“Live life like you're writing your own obituary.”

“There is no reason to write pornography when your own sex life is good. Why waste time writing about it?”

“If there is only one person who has the right to write the story of your life, that person is you: write it forcefully.”

“And the wind will whip your tousled hair,
The sun, the rain, the sweet despair,
Great tales of love and strife.
And somewhere on your path to glory
You will write your story of a life.”

“Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending.”

“Seize every opportunity you have to learn. Keep your eyes and ears wide open and seize life — don't let the moments slip through your fingers like a fistful of sand. Be your own teacher. Let life write your textbook.”