“ Predictions are uttered by prophets (free of charge); by clairvoyants (who usually charge a fee, and are therefore more honored in their day than prophets); and by futurologists (salaried). Prediction… Ursula K. Le Guin
“ Don't be a writer; it's a terrible way to live your life. There's nothing to be gained from it but poverty and obscurity and solitude. So if you have a taste for all those things, which means that you… Paul Auster
“ You see, I believe that you cannot be taught to 'write.' You can be taught grammar and punctuation, but you cannot be taught to be a writer. That has to come from within. Robert J. Randisi
“ Every writer has only one story to tell, and he has to find a way of telling it until the meaning becomes clearer and clearer, until the story becomes at once more narrow and larger, more and more pre… James Baldwin
“ ...for every type of idea someone can have - no matter how weird or strange or gross or out there or disturbing - there is at least one person out there who enjoys that kind of idea, and the best part… Stylo Fantome
“ Mostly, we authors must repeat ourselves - that's the truth. We have two or three great and moving experiences in our lives - experiences so great and moving that it doesn't seem at the time anyone el… F. Scott Fitzgerald
“ Writing is a little bit like prostitution. First you do it for love. Then you do it for a few friends. Then you do it for money. Moliere
“ The mist after rain, uninterrupted rainfall on rooftops, pitter-patter intellect. The thoughts I leave behind like footsteps. Chris Campanioni
“ Committing your thoughts and feelings to words is like putting your soul on a plate and hoping the diners will like what they eat. Fennel Hudson
“ As with writing by candlelight, one’s greatest ideas come from ‘the flickering’ between darkness and light. Fennel Hudson
“ I don’t know’,” he said. “Those three words from a willing soul are the start of a grand and magnificent voyage.” And with that he began a discourse that lasted for several weeks, covering scene-setti… John William Tuohy
“ Proper writing ink comes in a bottle, can be swirled like brandy in a glass, and smells like apple blossom after rain. Fennel Hudson
“ Writing with a biro is the emotional equivalent of giving your loved one a plastic rose on Valentine’s Day. Fennel Hudson
“ To be a writer and political is a dangerous thing. To be a writer and apolitical is even more dangerous. Art is right, left; in truth, it has only one direction and that is forward. Chris Campanioni
“ Anyone who writes books is at least mostly an introvert. It’s amazing to be able to share that internalized part of myself, that little world that no one really knows about. I just wrote down it down… Pierce Brown
“ I write to remind me of the experiences, fictional or non-fictional, that flows a bit of selfless truths. For the me in the ‘I’, or the me through your eyeballs, it is a serum to separate the lumpines… James Emlund
