“You can be as happy as you've ever been in your life, and shit is still going to happen. But it doesn't just happen. It knocks you sideways and crashes you into the ground, because you were stupid enough to… — Chevy Stevens Copy Share Image
“You’re supposed to walk around with this perpetual bubble over your head thinking happy thoughts and then everything is going to be sunshine and roses. Nope, sorry, don’t think so. You can be as happy as you’ve ever been in… — Chevy Stevens Copy Share Image
“I hate them for not being in pain like me, hate them for being able to enjoy themselves. Hate myself for feeling that way.” — Chevy Stevens Copy Share Image
“I didn't know what to do with this new reality, the horror of my conception. I wanted to bury it in the backyard, far… — Chevy Stevens Copy Share Image
“There are all these books that say we create our own destiny and what we believe is what we manifest. You're supposed to walk… — Chevy Stevens Copy Share Image
For me, it's important that I experience and feel what the characters are feeling. So I put myself in those moments, in their thoughts,… — Chevy Stevens Copy Share Image
“Sorry I missed our last session, but I saw my mother and I needed some time to pick myself back up off the floor.… — Chevy Stevens Copy Share Image
“You were down to earth and funny - not at all what I imagined a psychiatrist would be. This office was so bright and… — Chevy Stevens Copy Share Image
“It's impossible, I think, to save everyone, but if we help even one person in our lifetime, then we succeeded.” — Chevy Stevens Copy Share Image
That first shrink I saw when I got back to Clayton Falls told me no one is a lost cause, but I think that’s… — Chevy Stevens Copy Share Image
My [story] outlines are usually about 5-6 pages long. I'm essentially telling myself the story in short form. I try to make it clear… — Chevy Stevens Copy Share Image
“This thing, this terrible thing, didn't just happen to you. It happened to everyone who cared about you, but it didn't just stop there,… — Chevy Stevens Copy Share Image
“You can be as happy as you've ever been in your life, and shit is still going to happen. But it doesn't just happen.… — Chevy Stevens Copy Share Image
“To spend her life thinking I left her by choice. I would try harder. I would be a better wife. I would make it… — Chevy Stevens Copy Share Image
Before I start a book, I talk over my characters with a friend who is a counselor. I like to make sure I have… — Chevy Stevens Copy Share Image
“It's an old church and smells like a museum - in a good way, a survived-lots-of-shit-and-still-standing kind of way. Something about the stained-glass windows… — Chevy Stevens Copy Share Image
Read everything you can on writing. Join online forums and critique groups, go to conferences, get feedback, and learn, learn, learn! — Chevy Stevens Copy Share Image
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