Quotes by Don Roff

Nothings a better cure for writers block than to eat ice cream right out of the carton.

A writer always writes.

Creativity and intelligence, rather than violence, are the best problem solvers.

Always mystify, torture, mislead, and surprise the audience as much as possible.

The recipe for great art has always been misery and a good bowel movement.

Ive found the best way to revise your own work is to pretend that somebody else wrote it and then to rip the living shit out of it.

A migraine is the cockblock of writing.

If you treat your characters like people, theyll reward you by being fully developed individuals.

Writing a story, regardless of length, begins always with a single word.

If you focus on the humanity of your stories, your characters, then the horror will be stronger, scarier. Without the humanity, the horror becomes nothing more than a tawdry parlor trick. All flash and no magic, and worst of all, no heart.

When youre writing what you love, its the most fun you can have with your clothing still on, unless of course, you write naked.

If you write a kids book only for kids, then you have failed.

Youre never as good a writer as you think you are, and youre never as bad. Just keep reading and writing, writing, writing.

I write every day whether somebody pays me or not. I write every day whether or not self-doubt is kicking my ass. Its what writers must do.

I write fiction. It may have mystery, it may have horror, it may have fantasy, it may have love, but like life, its all the same genre.

We often wait for that knock of opportunity, though Ive found its better to just grab a chainsaw and cut open your own fucking door.

You cannot write your character until you know how he or she thinks, until you know what their philosophy is in the world that they occupy.

Keep being bold on the page, and in life, and people cannot ignore you forever.

Authors must spend months, years making fantasy believable in a single work while reality runs rampant and complete chaos elsewhere.

Write about the thing that scares you most or your most private confession and youll never have a problem coming up with decent fiction.