The difficult part of writing about someone you don't admire is that it's easy to demonize them. What you get then is… — Andrew Shaffer Copy Share Image
“Most times, my mind is just an ongoing, present-tense, first-person monologue. It's like I'm writing a novel, constantly, but only in my… — Andrew Shaffer Copy Share Image
Way before musicians and actors cornered the market on misbehavior, writers were flooding hotel rooms and testing their livers' upper limits. — Andrew Shaffer Copy Share Image
You don't want to write the same story again, but people are like 'We want the same story but different.' Well, how… — Andrew Shaffer Copy Share Image
“Most times, my mind is just an ongoing, present-tense, first-person monologue. It's like I'm writing a novel.” — Andrew Shaffer Copy Share Image
After finishing my undergraduate work at the University of Iowa, where I took creative writing classes taught by Writer's Workshop students, I… — Andrew Shaffer Copy Share Image
As a writer who has struggled with depression, the question is one that has long troubled me. Should I resist treatment, on… — Andrew Shaffer Copy Share Image
When Patrick finally broke his silence with 2008's 'Anthems For the Damned' - the first Filter album that he recorded sober - fans were… — Andrew Shaffer Copy Share Image
“Who is this man I’m supposed to interview, this man whose last name is the same as the color of my sweatpants? Is that… — Andrew Shaffer Copy Share Image
“She hands me a security badge that says VIRGIN. How could she know that I’m a virgin? Is it that obvious? “How did you… — Andrew Shaffer Copy Share Image
If you're looking for a behind-the-scenes rock-n-roll biography, pick up Nikki Sixx's 'The Heroin Diaries'. If you want the world's most narcissistic high school… — Andrew Shaffer Copy Share Image
“ Stop it, girl. There’s no way he’s five-years-old. Or one hundred. He’s probably like every other CEO on the planet: Late twenties, handsome… — Andrew Shaffer Copy Share Image
Chicago is a city built on architecture, and there are plenty of buildings to scale. — Andrew Shaffer Copy Share Image
Treat haters in your online spaces just the same as you would in the real world. If they're not respectful to you and your… — Andrew Shaffer Copy Share Image
In 2009, the American Library Association recorded 460 challenges reported to the Office of Intellectual Freedom. — Andrew Shaffer Copy Share Image
“I growl with frustration at my reflection in the mirror. Damn my hair – it’s fifty shades of fucked up. The situation I’m in… — Andrew Shaffer Copy Share Image
Young adult author Richelle Mead holds the distinction to perhaps be the only author ever to have a book banned... before it was even… — Andrew Shaffer Copy Share Image
In their political careers, Obama and Biden faced down lobbyists, Tea Party carpetbaggers, and Washington gridlock. — Andrew Shaffer Copy Share Image
The difficult part of writing about someone you don't admire is that it's easy to demonize them. What you get then is a cackling… — Andrew Shaffer Copy Share Image
