Advice Quotes

If you aren't willing to put your best work out there, write for yourself. Don't ever publish.

Not everyone is fodder for books, ' said Rosalind.

You will do well not to write for money, not because you won't get rich doing it, but because writing fueled by that sort of motivation becomes dull and lifeless and mediocre.

When you're writing, don't forget to keep your favorite audience in mind--you.

Motivated authors sacrifice TV time, sleep, hobbies, and even family time.

There is no such thing as lack of time, only unclear priorities and lack of motivation. It is better to abandon a project than to work on it half-heartedly for a protracted period of time.

Write a book, not the book.

Not everyone is fodder for books, " said Rosalind.

Repeat the mantra: Writing is when I make the words. Editing is when I make them not shitty.

It's not pain. It's raw material.

For me, art that's alive and urgent is about what it is to be a human being.

I shall be as brief as I can, for it is not by piling up detail that I hope to achieve my picture, but by putting the emphasis where I think it belongs.

If you want to be a writer, you have to keep writing, all the time, and when you're not writing, be thinking about and planning writing.

For every idea that's been done to DEATH, there's a child being BORN who hasn't read it yet. Don't kill your dragons.

You’re allowed to manipulate the environment, but not the character.

The best kind of praise is intelligent praise.

Always carry with you a pen and a notebook or a journal to write the thoughts that flashes in a moments.

The only prophecy the artist can make with confidence is that he and his message will be misunderstood by a world that values all the wrong things.

Rejection is the run in the pantyhose of life.

When it comes to writing, clarity trumps all rules.

Clarity trumps all rules.

Your story must told.Live a life legacy- written book or notes.This will be there for many generations to know your rich experiences and knowledge.

Trust your instincts. Do not confuse ego with instinct. Ego has to be set aside if you want to improve, and we should always want to improve. There is no glass ceiling on being better.

Daily life is always extraordinary when rendered precisely. We can unlock our lives with a pencil tip.

Plot joined the expedition unwooed, as a necessary companion. It was not the scout. The scout was a certain mood. I followed that mood, and let the shape of the story flow from that.

We don’t read to observe the character from a distance. We read to become the character and experience the conflicts and rewards they are experiencing.

I don’t get writer's block because I don’t believe in it. I believe you sit in front of the computer and force your fingers to get something on the screen.

Let at least one word of my writings impregnate the reader's heart.

While the goal of a book is to create a positive emotional experience for the reader, the goal of the opening is to set the stage, to pull the reader in.

If you can master the opening, you will be leaps and bounds ahead of the competition.

What are minnows but brief flashes? And what are thoughts? And how do you capture a brief flash, even for a second?

The key to high concept is that fresh twist. Make it a big one. Wow your reader. Force her to gasp when she comes to that part in your story.

Lots of times I’m not crazy about the writing, but I keep moving ahead and somehow it gets better. The important thing is to move forward.

First drafts don’t have to be perfect. They just have to be written.

I will continue to write moral stories in rhymed couplets. But I should be thrice a fool if I did it for aught but my own entertainment.

Write what you know, and what do you know better than your own secrets?

One idea to a sentence is still the best advice that anyone has ever given on writing.

A watched pot never boils." It's the same with success. So? Throw that burner on HIGH and just keep on cooking. Dinner will be ready soon.

On Writing: "A multitude of improbabilities can be forgiven as long as enough plausibility has been established.

The writer's silent mind is a period of intermission before orchestrating a symphony of words.

One, don’t wait for inspiration, just start the damned thing. Two, once you begin, keep on until the end. How do you know how the story should begin until you find out where it’s going?

Good writing just isn't that common.

You have to finish things — that’s what you learn from, you learn by finishing things.

Write because you love it, not because you want to become rich. Your story will be better for it.

If someone wanted to be a runner, you don't tell them to think about running, you tell them to run. And the same simple idea applies to writing, I hope.

...it's merely writing, but you have to adjust your ear – I speak quietly – I sob – I whisper...

Be daring, take on anything. Don’t labor over little cameo works in which every word is to be perfect. Technique holds a reader from sentence to sentence, but only content will stay in his mind.

...is the writer a prophet or priest - does he show the truth or serve the truth?...

...some writers closet themselves - I write wherever I am because that's where life is happening ...

...it's good to know wave and particle alpha code, but more than that, the writer must go to the heart of life ...