Quotes by : Don Roff

Fear and self-doubt are the deadly enemies of creativity. Don’t invite either into your mind.

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

Writing a first-draft battle scene is akin to real combat—chaos, confusion, and you must keep your....

The best writers I've read possess oodles of self-doubt, yet claw their way up with each work and remain....

Write for impact first, money second. If you do it the other way around, you’ll end up with less of....

I don't use big words to show off because it's ostentatious.

If you focus on the humanity of your stories, your characters, then the horror will be stronger, scarier.....

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

Audiences will admire your character’s strength but connect with them through their weakness.

When you print out your manuscript and read it, marking up with a pen, it sometimes feels like a criminal....