Don Roff Quotes

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

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

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• Regarding the creative: never assume you’re the master, only the student. Your audience will determine if you’re masterful.

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• If you treat your characters like people, they’ll reward you by being fully developed individuals.

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• Nothing says work efficiency like panic mode.

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• A migraine is the cockblock of writing.

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• A writer always writes.

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

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• It’s my belief that people enter your life at exactly the right time.

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

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

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• I’ve 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.

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• Nothing’s a better cure for writer’s block than to eat ice cream right out of the carton.

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Don Roff (13)

Birth:	13th December, 1966
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Author, Screenwriter

About

Don Roff was born in Walla Walla, Washington. He is an American author and screenwriter. He graduated from Walla Walla Community College in 1995 and The Evergreen State College in 1997. In June 2006, Roff received the Zola Award for screenwriting from the Pacific Northwest Writers Association. He is the author of over 14 books including–Scary Stories, Zombie Tales, Dragon Adventures, Werewolf Tales, and Zombies: A Record of the Year of Infection. His short story collection, the first in a series, Heebie-Jeebies: Volume One, contains six terrifying tales and is available as an eBook.

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