Don Roff

“Nothing's a better cure for writer's block than to eat ice cream right out of the carton.”

“A writer always writes.”

“Always mystify, torture, mislead, and surprise the audience as much as possible.”

“The recipe for great art has always been misery and a good bowel movement.”

“I've found the best way to revise your own work is to pretend that somebody else wrote it and then to rip the living shit out of it.”

“A migraine is the cockblock of writing.”

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

“Writing a story, regardless of length, begins always with a single word.”

“If you focus on the humanity of your stories, your characters, then the horror will be stronger, scarier. Without the humanity, the horror becomes nothing more than a tawdry parlor trick. Al...”

“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.”

“Writing is dreaming with your eyes open — and your heart on fire.”