A writer who cannot articulate himself in everyday life is only half an artist.

When starting out a novel, write your first two pages, set them aside, and come back to them a day later to see if your lines sound right. If they don't--if they are stilted and the lines don't flow--it is because you are writing it in the wrong language. Switch to another language, such as Chinese, Bahasa, Hindi, or Tagalog.

If you INSIST on writing your novel in a preferred language, talk to yourself in a running monologue in that language while you are alone in your room. When you think your thoughts, think in that language. Only then should you resume writing your novel.

A book releases energy when it is opened and read.

A painting releases energy while it is hanging on a wall.

Due to readers' and viewers' memory, both continue to release energy in their minds and in their hearts.

Dialogue in playwriting can defy the rules of language and grammar.

I use "Hindi RAW" when I want the line to sound gentle and feminine.

I use "Hindi DAW" when I want the line to sound forceful and masculine.

Dialogue is also contingent on characters' mental and emotional states, levels of maturity, economic background, and age.