Advice Quotes

Make a concise statement clearly and you should only need to say it once.

When writing, I uncage KAT: Keep Adding Tension. Even if I don't know where the story's going, petting the KAT keeps it purring.

Its not easy taking your own advice, accepting what you don't like hearing, & seeing the grey amongst the black & white.

Throw your arms around the world and hold on tight. But not through fear ...but because of your love.

I personally believe that one learns to write by writing.

Fanscination is what keeps a writer going. To be able to write, a writer has to be fascinated about a particular something that becomes the idea of the story

It wont do to say that the reader is too dumb or too lazy to keep pace with the train of thought. If the reader is lost, it's usually because the writer hasn't be careful enough.

One of the hardest things for a writer to do is delete words.

You must not think sir to catch old birds with chaff.

Almost every single thing you hope publication will do for you is a fantasy, a hologram--it's the eagle on your credit card that only seems to soar.

The feeling that the work is magnificent, and the feeling that it is abominable, are both mosquitoes to be repelled, ignored, or killed, but not indulged.

You can read in the space of a coffin, and you can write in the space of a toolshed meant for mowers and spades.

A writer must pay attention his or her surroundings.

Each time I write, I reaffirm my soul.

There is always, always, always something to write about.

Advice for a long and happy life - never tell a writer you have fixed their work. Ever.

Every book I've read appears in my writing.

...you are a writer the moment you start writing, not when you've sold your first book.

How do you paint a writer's block?Just fill it with fifty shades of black.

Description is the color in the canvas of your story.

TODAY IS A GREAT DAY TO MAKE ART.

All great stories began as shitty first drafts.There are no exceptions to this.

Writing is an adventure. There is no way to know where it will take you, and what you will find. You could find success. You could find fans. Or, best of all, you could find yourself.

Stop beating yourself up over all the days you didn’t work on your story. Focus on what you can do today.Sit down, and write.

All great writers share one thing in common:They finished their books.

Originality is not writing the story that has never been told, but writing the stories only you can tell.

If you only had a year left to live, what book would you write?Now, write that book.

The only way to overcome fear and doubt is to go against them.

Yesterday is gone, and tomorrow is beyond our reach. The best time to write is now, in the present.

Every writer in the history of the world has been afraid to put words on the page. But we only remember those who overcame that fear.

If you were waiting for a sign that you’re meant to be a writer…THIS IS IT.

You were meant to write this book.

You’re writing someone’s ‘future’ favorite book.

If you wish to be a writer– then write, and don’t allow anyone to tell you that you’re on the ‘wrong’ path. You know where you’re going, and each word you write gets you a step closer.

...what makes a writer a prophet is his ability to speak truth...

...authority is the unmistakeable tone in the voice of a true writer...

Relationships are not additive, but multiplicative because you connect with his/her childhood experiences, past relationships, thoughts on money and more.

It is critical to learn how to listen for what is not being said.

The best way to get a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.

Art is a journey of excellence not a goal of perfection.

If a writer starts worring about what he or she has left out or forgotten, they might not be able to write even a single line.

Remember how we put stickers with your name on your pocessions that could be stolen.We didn't put a sticker on your innocence so don't lose it!

Always remember that your memoir is never about you. It's about your reader. At it's core, it's about that shared space where we all experience the timeless truths of what it means to be human.

There is little serenity comparable to the serenity of the inexperienced giving advice to the experienced.

Be the man she can depend on, not the man that constantly lets her down.

Advice is seldom welcome and those who want it the most always like it the least.

Men of much depth of mind can bear a great deal of counsel for it does not easily deface their own character nor render their purposes indistinct.

Keep the first date brief, short, sweet and simple and they'll come back to you.

Whoever you choose to fall in love with, is an important decision of yours, but you better choose carefully 'Cause you're capable of anything. Of anything and everything.

Stop making a relationship about what you get and start making it about what you give, for what you give is what you'll get in return.