519 quotes found
“The only thing in life that's really interesting is the contest. We are all contestants--whether we admit it or not. If I read 20 pages of a book and they're no good, I put it down. Maybe it's good...”
“There is something silly about a man who wears a white suit all the time, especially in New York." (on Tom Wolfe)”
“I am too much of an imitator to be a true writer.”
“An idiot child screaming in a hospital." (on George Bernard Shaw)”
“Avoid the RTP Syndrome. When you rush to Publish, you rush to mistakes and chaos. Guaranteed.”
“All raw, uncooked, protesting."(on Aldous Huxley)”
“There's writing power in one word sentences and one sentence paragraphs. Wise authors use them. -Judith Briles”
“It is, of course, not only impossible for readers to know the intention of most, if not all, writers, but an author himself may think he is writing one thing while he is in fact writing something q...”
“You're asking the cyborg fugitive and the wild animal to be the welcoming committee? That's adorable.”
“Crazy people love their Kindles.”
“I know that books seem like the ultimate thing thats made by one person, but thats not true Every reading of a book is a collaboration between the reader and the writer who are making the story up ...”
“Publishing a book is like being pregnant. By the end, you're just ready to get that baby out!”
“Where do storytellers find the wisdom to discover their own stories? From no place more mysterious than their own hearts.”
“We live, all of us, in sprung rhythm. Even in cities, folk stir without knowing it to the surge in the blood that is the surge and urgency of season. In being born, we have taken seisin of the natu...”
“We need to boost each other to get to the top. It is much more effective than stepping on each other.”
“Show me you care about our common tongue. Bring to your [writing] passion, deeply informed by knowledge of your subject. Stay me, not with apples and flagons, but with wit and grace, humor and inte...”
“The big trinity of publishing: mystery, thrillers and romance. If you can combine all three, then its a winners trifecta and youll be rich beyond your dreams.”
“And you will not hurt him anymore. Not one of you. Because I am his protector. His rear guard. I am his" -Tara Reese”
“In order to be heard, an author must have readers...”
“I dont think writers compete, I think theyre all doing separate things in their own style.”
