Writing Is Basically A Job

You Must Remember That The Common Criminal Will Always Join The Armed Forces For, If Nothing Else, Regular Meals And Expert Training In The Use Of Guns.

By Four O'clock, I've Discounted Suicide In Favor Of Killing Everyone Else In The Entire World Instead.

Chris Claremont Once Said Of Alan Moore, "if He Could Plot, We'd All Have To Get Together And Kill Him." Which Utterly Misses The Most Compelling Part Of Alan's Writing, The Way He Develops And Expresses Ideas And Character. Plot Does Not Define Story. Plot Is The Framework Within Which Ideas Are Explored And Personalities And Relationships Are Unfolded.

If You Believe That Your Thoughts Originate Inside Your Brain, Do You Also Believe That Television Shows Are Made Inside Your Television Set?

Unless You Turn Out To Be A Shining And Ballistic Genius, Then, Trust Me, If You Want To Do This Then You're Going To Be Spending The Next Few Years Doing Little Else. This Is A Thing You Do At A Table With A Notebook And A Keyboard, And There's No Getting Away From It. Put In The Hours. You Don't Get To Turn Off 'being A Writer.'