There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
When you are drawing characters to serve a plot purpose, you tend to get flat, stereotyped, unliving characters.
Don't have too much story for the time you have.
Dialogue works the least well when it's telling you what's going on.
A drop in the ocean has no fear of a hurricane.
I'd like to say that I am romantic person, but I don't think I am. When I won my first tournament I went into the crowd and kissed my girlfriend. I was 18 and didn't have my coach with me, I was there on my own, and I just needed to celebrate with someone I knew. I always start out with good intentions. I'll say something nice, then I'll just put my foot in it and ruin the moment.
Everyone who works in the domain of fiction is a bit crazy. The problem is to render this craziness interesting.
You are both a work of art and an artist at work.