519 quotes found
“That’s another argument for writing: making something that outlasts you.”
“Writers and other artists are mostly just historians, produced by nature to describe, decipher and thus historically represent the universe.”
“There was, in my view, an unwritten contract with the reader that the writer must honour. No single element of an imagined world or any of its characters should be allowed to dissolve on an authori...”
“Honesty is vulnerability. Sadly, not everyone can handle someone’s honesty. However, lying allows people to be comfortable.”
“Every word she writes is a lie, including ‘and’ and ‘the’."(on Lillian Hellman)”
“I love snowflakes simply for the reason that each one is unique—nonidentical to zillions of crystalized counterparts. It's a difficult notion to wrap your brain around, and yet it reminds me that a...”
“While doing an enquiry on renowned horror author, “Edgar Allen Poe” I was astonished to notice how more successful his biographical books sold compared to his own books.”
“Well, writing novels is incredibly simple: an author sits down…and writes.Granted, most writers I know are a bit strange.Some, downright weird.But then again, you’d have to be.To spend hundreds and...”
“When I write, I fall into the zone many writers, painters, musicians, athletes, and craftsmen of all sorts seem to share: In doing something I enjoy and am expert at, deliberate thought falls aside...”
“No more Keats, I entreat: flay him alive; if some of you don’t I must skin him myself: there is no bearing the drivelling idiotism of the Mankin.”
“Far and away the greatest menace to the writer—any writer, beginning or otherwise—is the reader. The reader is, after all, a kind of silent partner in this whole business of writing, and a work of ...”
“But 'I worked hard on this' doesn’t exempt you from criticism. Those harsh reviews aren’t about anyone being out to get me. It’s not an Authors vs. Reviewers thing. It’s people taking the time to e...”
“The only way you can truly get to know an author is through the trail of ink he leaves behind him. The person you think you see is only an empty character: truth is always hidden in fiction.”
“The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but to reveal to him his own.”
“Book publishing would be so much easier without the authors.”
“You can, of course, write to inspire others… but most importantly, you must write to inspire yourself.”
“An author’s strong belief and enthusiasm will affect the writing of the book and often the publisher’s commitment to it.”
“I know one thing for sho Heaven’s gotta have a ghettoCuz where else in death do I get to go?”
“Don’t ever undermine writers for life is much about writing and memories are well kept through writing”
“Writing is a conduit. It opens up a passageway into the past. Not just for the writer, but for the reader too. Both readers and writer are linked by the commonality of human experience.”
