“ Never be afraid to write what you believe. If the message speaks the truth, others will fear your words for you. Rob Bignell
“ I have a great book. It’s called Stantasyland. Except I don’t have the money to buy a million copies to put it on the bestsellers list. Stanley Victor Paskavich
“ When we sit down to write, we psychically enter a sanctuary. This safe haven is our own personal space where we can say whatever is on our mind, where we can talk about what matters most to us, where… Rob Bignell
“ Passionate attraction to someone of the opposite sex will make a hero or a fool of a novelist each time. Roman Payne
“ Reflective writing produces distinct rewards. A writer does not claim to live exclusively in the moment. A pensive writer retreats into oneself in noble attempt to meld memory, thought, faith, doubt,… Kilroy J. Oldster
“ When she was chair of the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2010, Daisy Goodwin wrote a controversial essay lamenting the 'unrelenting grimness' of so many novels and pointing out that 'generally great fict… Daisy Goodwin
“ An attraction to self-discovery and self-expression can be uplifting and assist us combat epic boredom. The toll of writing truthfully as possible can cause the writer to spiral emotionally out of con… Kilroy J. Oldster
“ The personal eloquence of other people expressing aspects of nature and human condition inspire us, as do persons whom exhibit courage to gain strength when dealing with the hardships and struggles of… Kilroy J. Oldster
“ There is a great tendency today to want everybody to write just the way everybody else does, to see and to show the same things in the same way to the same middling audience. But the writer, in order… Flannery O'Connor
“ We derive insightful perception by observing and studying, comparing and contrasting. Without investigating why we prefer the veil of life to the cloak of death and without considering how to create d… Kilroy J. Oldster
“ It follows from all this that there is no technique that can be discovered and applied to make it possible for one to write. If you go to a school where there are classes in writing, these classes sho… Flannery O'Connor
“ The fact is that if the writer's attention is on producing a work of art, a work that is good in itself, he is going to take great pains to control every excess, everything that does not contribute to… Flannery O'Connor
“ After finishing 1st draft of a novel, I have the characters, dialogue, scenes, and a plotline. I used to think this meant I knew where the story was going, and what the book was about.I have learned o… Edward Fahey
“ People wonder when you're allowed to call yourself a writer. I think maybe the answer is when you recognize that is work." - Nina MacLaughlin, 'With Compliments Manjula Martin
