“If you're the 'brilliant writer' in the room, you're in the wrong writers' room.” — Don Roff Copy Share Image
“Writing a story, regardless of length, always begins with a single word.” — Don Roff Copy Share Image
“Creativity and intelligence, rather than violence, are the best problem solvers.” — Don Roff Copy Share Image
Nothing's a better cure for writer's block than to eat ice cream right out of the carton. — Don Roff Copy Share Image
“Even if you're in the thick of revising another work, write something new. Something small. It's important to keep telling yourself stories.” — Don Roff Copy Share Image
“I've found the best way to revise your own work is to pretend that somebody else wrote it and then to rip… — Don Roff Copy Share Image
“Yeah, episodic doesn't work. Your coolest character needs something big and meaningful to do. Otherwise, well, it's just narrative shit.” — Don Roff Copy Share Image
Write about the thing that scares you most or your most private confession and you'll never have a problem coming up with… — Don Roff Copy Share Image
You can be a writer who doesnt read everyday. But youre not fooling anyone. It shows, rather embarrassingly, in your work. — Don Roff Copy Share Image
“If you schlep a shit job everyday, keep and feed a little secret life--whether it's writing, art, running, music, your thoughts. It's… — Don Roff Copy Share Image
“You're never as good a writer as you think you are, and you're never as bad. Just keep reading and writing, writing,… — Don Roff Copy Share Image
“You can be a writer who doesn't read everyday. But you're not fooling anyone. It shows, rather embarrassingly, in your work.” — Don Roff Copy Share Image
If you focus on the humanity of your stories, your characters, then the horror will be stronger, scarier. Without the humanity, the… — Don Roff Copy Share Image
There is no right or wrong way to write a novel. Each journey is different for every individual work and for every… — Don Roff Copy Share Image
Always mystify, torture, mislead, and surprise the audience as much as possible. — Don Roff Copy Share Image
When you're writing what you love, it's the most fun you can have with your clothing still on, unless of course, you… — Don Roff Copy Share Image
“Don't think about the writing process too much. Just do one thing: tell the motherfucking story.” — Don Roff Copy Share Image
Writers often torture themselves trying to get the words right. Sometimes you must lower your expectations and just finish it. — Don Roff Copy Share Image
“If you don't love what you're writing, stop right now: it's not worth your time and certainly not the reader's.” — Don Roff Copy Share Image
When you print out your manuscript and read it, marking up with a pen, it sometimes feels like a criminal returning to the scene… — Don Roff Copy Share
“Yeah, episodic doesn't work. Your coolest character needs something big and meaningful to do. Otherwise, well, it's just narrative shit.” — Don Roff Copy Share
Nothing's a better cure for writer's block than to eat ice cream right out of the carton. — Don Roff Copy Share
“Creativity and intelligence, rather than violence, are the best problem solvers.” — Don Roff Copy Share
“If you don't love what you're writing, stop right now: it's not worth your time and certainly not the reader's.” — Don Roff Copy Share
“There was talk of the Centaur being moved into the elephant cages to make room for a banjo-picking Minotaur. Surrendering his meager furnishings to… — Don Roff Copy Share
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. — Don Roff Copy Share
But people in a small town tend to do a lot of talking, even when they don’t know what they’re talking about. — Don Roff Copy Share
“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.” — Don Roff Copy Share
