The recipe for great art has always been misery and a good bowel movement. — Don Roff Art Copy Share Image
Always mystify, torture, mislead, and surprise the audience as much as possible. — Don Roff Audience Copy Share Image
Nothing's a better cure for writer's block than to eat ice cream right out of the carton. — Don Roff Block Copy Share Image
“Creativity and intelligence, rather than violence, are the best problem solvers.” — Don Roff Creativity Copy Share Image
Writing a story, regardless of length, begins always with a single word. — Don Roff Language Copy Share Image
“Writing a story, regardless of length, always begins with a single word.” — Don Roff Inspirational Copy Share Image
“Don't think about the writing process too much. Just do one thing: tell the motherfucking story.” — Don Roff Amwriting Copy Share Image
Authors must spend months, years making fantasy believable in a single work while reality runs rampant and complete chaos elsewhere. — Don Roff Believable 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 Advice 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 Art 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 Books 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 Clothings Copy Share Image
Regarding the creative: never assume you're the master, only the student. Your audience will determine if you're masterful. — Don Roff Assuming 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 Books 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 Books Copy Share Image
“There was talk of the Centaur being moved into the elephant cages to make room for a banjo-picking Minotaur. Surrendering his meager… — Don Roff Banjo 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 Character Copy Share Image
A day of bad writing is always better than a day of no writing. — Don Roff Bad writing Copy Share Image
It's my belief that people enter your life at exactly the right time. — Don Roff Belief Copy Share Image
“I am not entirely sure that humans deserve the unconditional love of dogs.” — Don Roff Animal Copy Share Image
“Writing is dreaming with your eyes open — and your heart on fire.” — Don Roff Dreaming Copy Share Image
“If you're the 'brilliant writer' in the room, you're in the wrong writers' room.” — Don Roff Brilliant 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 Expectations 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 Character Copy Share Image
Any conversation including the mention of Roald Dahl, Ray Bradbury, or Emily Dickinson is one worth getting into or at least eavesdropping. — Don Roff Bradbury 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 Editing Copy Share Image
“Mothman flew away from town, like a giant bat, and then disappeared from sight behind a thicket of skeletal autumn trees.” — Don Roff Autumn Copy Share Image
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 People 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 Confession Copy Share Image
Always work with/surround yourself with people who help make you a better version of you. Kindly avoid those who don't. — Don Roff Better 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 Books Copy Share Image
If you treat your characters like people, they'll reward you by being fully developed individuals. — Don Roff Character Copy Share Image
It’s hard to land a devastating jab/cross/hook/uppercut combo to your reader’s imagination when you’re telegraphing your punches. — Don Roff Crosses Copy Share Image
