For the real writers, every decision is either write or wrong.
In my imagination, the Editor meditated in a mountain-cave, espoused the rules of grammar, and frowned upon speculative fiction.
A writer is never just looking out of a window or staring into space. They are building a universe to share with the world
Writers and other artists are mostly just historians, produced by nature to describe, decipher and thus historically represent the universe.
Authors are but the instrument to be played. The art is inside them, but many people help create it.
We need to stop trying to get attention by seeing who can scream and cry the loudest. Write something worth reading and your voice will be heard.
An author really ought to have nothing but flowers in the room where he works.
Meeting writers is always so disappointing. I got over wanting to meet live writers quite a long time ago. There is this terrific book that has changed your life, and then you meet the author, and he...
A witer's mind is NEVER silent. It is always conducting the next symphony of words.
Socially interacting with a storyteller can be a frustrating challenge because a portion of her awareness is constantly sorting through the details of a developing book. And while you may successfully...
What doesn't kill us gives us something new to write about.
To most, being locked away in solitary with nothing but pen and paper would prove a hard punishment. What a strange creature who views this as heaven.
It is the writer's job to craft a story so compelling that strangers will pay to hear it.
Never give up, Never surrender!!!!!If you think you can't, then you must, if you must, then you can..Tony Robbins
Storytellers are the keepers - we are the time keepers, the continuity keepers. We are the people who tell us who we are, where we've come from, and maybe even where we're going.
Stories choose us, not the other way around.
No matter how good it is, your book will not sell itself.
To master magical realism, one must make the real seem unreal but, more importantly, make the unreal seem real.
I'm not just building a foundation or a house with the bricks people throw at me. I'm building entire worlds. it's called writing.
A popular author is one who writes what the people think. Genius invites them to think something else.
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