My rule is never save bits. They get the way, and you don't think of anything new. Put 'em in. Make a big mess.
A good part of the physical attraction [between the hero and heroine of a romance novel] comes to life during these exchanges as well, since language creates a meeting of the minds. I have long though...
Inspiration surrounds us, the creation is our responsibility as artists.-Lyn Crain
Find the problem, find the story.
Nobody reads a book to get to the middle.
Poems are small moments of enlightenment
You write what you know, and I know rock and roll.
Authors - trust in your vision.
The moment I realize I just stayed up until five in the morning writing is that moment I know I am meant to be a writer.
The idea that you might end up in a job that doesn't allow you to be who you are, over the course of a lifetime, is still one of the most chilling nightmares to me. It's a good metaphor for fears I ha...
I'm writing. The pages are starting to stack up. My morale is improving the more I feel like a writer.
I personally believe that one learns to write by writing.
Murphy is a writer's best friend, but you have to keep an eye on him, or he'll steal the silver.
My imagination, unbidden, possessed and guided me, gifting the successive images that arose in my mind with a vivdness far beyond the usual bounds of reverie....
Lie naked on the table, and let them cut. Criticism is surgery, and humility is the anesthetic that allows you to tolerate it. In the end, the process will make you a stronger, more flexible, and trul...
Today is the day that you create worlds, you change lives, you make a something, a someone, out of nothing.Today is the day you become a writer.
The hard part is putting one word after another.
If you're a writer, write. And always strive for excellence.
Sometimes you have to tell a a bunch of lies to get at the truth.
I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration.