Maxine Hong Kingston Quote

Turn those deep feelings and obsessions of your heart into captivating pieces of literature.

Cliches are the viruses that infect your writing with diseases.

Create a world in front of your readers where they can taste, smell, touch, hear, see, and move. Else they are likely going to move on to another book.

A writer can do without food for a few hours, but not without the sight of books.

The secret to good writing is to use small words for big ideas, not to use big words for small ideas.

Be a good reader first, if you wish to become a good writer.

As you become a better writer, the writing becomes more difficult. You toil harder to tell a story in a lesser number of words.

Ideas either age like fine wine or rot like potatoes over time.

Dreams are good at playing with your memory. They love leaving no trace behind and hate to show up once again in the morning.

I think there are two types of writers, the architects and the gardeners. The architects plan everything ahead of time, like an architect building a house. They know how many rooms are going to be in...