Don't let anyone tell you no

do whatever you like

"The main rule of writing is that if you do it with enough assurance and confidence, you're allowed to do whatever you like. (That may be a rule for life as well as for writing. But it's definitely true for writing.)"

Walk Across that Line

take yourself seriously

"Write.  And read.  Read and write daily and listen to your gut.  Trust yourself and take yourself seriously.  Close out distractions.  Choose your own influences."

the bestselling book we ever did

"I didn't follow my gut.  After that, I said, I'm never doing that again.  And the book after that, when I went back to doing what I wanted to do, wound up being, at that point in time, the bestselling book we ever did."

I don't care what it takes

"The thing I did right was I was incredibly persistent.  I never gave up; I never didn't believe.  My attitude was, I don't care what it takes, this is what I want."