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The Craft Quotes: "There are many rules of good writing, but the best way to find them is to be a good reader."

There are many rules of good writing, but the best way to find them is to be a good reader.



The Craft Quotes: "It's hell writing and it's hell not writing. The only tolerable state is having just written."

It's hell writing and it's hell not writing. The only tolerable state is having just written.




The Craft Quotes: "Writer's block? I've never heard of a plumber complain about plumber's block."

Writer's block? I've never heard of a plumber complain about plumber's block.



The Craft Quotes: "In fact, one could argue that the skill of the fiction writer boils down to the ability to exploit intensity."

In fact, one could argue that the skill of the fiction writer boils down to the ability to exploit intensity.




The Craft Quotes: "Most writing is done between the mind and the hand, not between the hand and the page."

Most writing is done between the mind and the hand, not between the hand and the page.




The Craft Quotes: "I prefer the pen. There is something elemental about the glide and flow of nib and ink on paper."

I prefer the pen. There is something elemental about the glide and flow of nib and ink on paper.




The Craft Quotes: "That's what we storytellers do. We restore order with imagination. We instill hope again and again and again."

That's what we storytellers do. We restore order with imagination. We instill hope again and again and again.



The Craft Quotes: "The universe is made of stories, not of atoms."

The universe is made of stories, not of atoms.



The Craft Quotes: "A little talent is a good thing to have if you want to be a writer. But the only real requirement is the ability to remember every scar."

A little talent is a good thing to have if you want to be a writer. But the only real requirement is the ability to remember every scar.



The Craft Quotes: "All we do as songwriters is rewrite the songs that have impressed us till we find our own voice. It's part of learning the craft."

All we do as songwriters is rewrite the songs that have impressed us till we find our own voice. It's part of learning the craft.



The Craft Quotes: "Somebody gets into trouble, then gets out of it again. People love that story. They never get tired of it."

Somebody gets into trouble, then gets out of it again. People love that story. They never get tired of it.




The Craft Quotes: "One thing I know for sure about raising children is that every single day a kid needs discipline.... But also every single day a kid needs a break."

One thing I know for sure about raising children is that every single day a kid needs discipline.... But also every single day a kid needs a break.



The Craft Quotes: "It's the writing that teaches you."

It's the writing that teaches you.



The Craft Quotes: "I always worked until I had something done and I always stopped when I knew what was going to happen next. That way I could be sure of going on the next day."

I always worked until I had something done and I always stopped when I knew what was going to happen next. That way I could be sure of going on the next day.



The Craft Quotes: "The building of the architecture of a novel - the craft of it - is something I never tire of."

The building of the architecture of a novel - the craft of it - is something I never tire of.



The Craft Quotes: "I am writing in the garden. To write as one should of a garden one must write not outside it or merely somewhere near it, but in the garden."

I am writing in the garden. To write as one should of a garden one must write not outside it or merely somewhere near it, but in the garden.



The Craft Quotes: "Nobody reads a book to get to the middle."

Nobody reads a book to get to the middle.



The Craft Quotes: "The trouble with writing fiction is that it has to make sense, whereas real life doesn't."

The trouble with writing fiction is that it has to make sense, whereas real life doesn't.



The Craft Quotes: "I don’t know if you have had the same experience, but the snag I always come up against when I’m telling a story is this dashed difficult problem of where to begin it."

I don’t know if you have had the same experience, but the snag I always come up against when I’m telling a story is this dashed difficult problem of where to begin it.



The Craft Quotes: "You can't have good ideas unless you have lots of ideas."

You can't have good ideas unless you have lots of ideas.



The Craft Quotes: "I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration."

I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration.



The Craft Quotes: "The business of the novelist is not to relate great events, but to make small ones interesting."

The business of the novelist is not to relate great events, but to make small ones interesting.



The Craft Quotes: "Remember that you don't write a story because you have an idea but because you have a believable character."

Remember that you don't write a story because you have an idea but because you have a believable character.



The Craft Quotes: "When I'm writing, I'm waiting to see somebody, and I'm waiting to hear them. It's almost like conjuring spirits out of the air, using your own imaginative instability."

When I'm writing, I'm waiting to see somebody, and I'm waiting to hear them. It's almost like conjuring spirits out of the air, using your own imaginative instability.




The Craft Quotes: "There is only one thing that you write for yourself, and that is a shopping list."

There is only one thing that you write for yourself, and that is a shopping list.



The Craft Quotes: "I came on the old and best ways of writing through ignorance and experiment and was startled when truths leaped out of brushes like quail before gunshot."

I came on the old and best ways of writing through ignorance and experiment and was startled when truths leaped out of brushes like quail before gunshot.



The Craft Quotes: "Read a lot, write a lot is the great commandment."

Read a lot, write a lot is the great commandment.



The Craft Quotes: "Writing novels is the hardest thing I've ever done, including digging irrigation ditches."

Writing novels is the hardest thing I've ever done, including digging irrigation ditches.



The Craft Quotes: "To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company."

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company.



The Craft Quotes: "Good writing is always about things that are important to you, things that are scary to you, things that eat you up."

Good writing is always about things that are important to you, things that are scary to you, things that eat you up.



The Craft Quotes: "On the whole, I think you should write biographies of those you admire and respect, and novels about human beings who you think are sadly mistaken."

On the whole, I think you should write biographies of those you admire and respect, and novels about human beings who you think are sadly mistaken.



The Craft Quotes: "I'm writing. The pages are starting to stack up. My morale is improving the more I feel like a writer."

I'm writing. The pages are starting to stack up. My morale is improving the more I feel like a writer.



The Craft Quotes: "Well you can't teach the poetry, but you can teach the craft."

Well you can't teach the poetry, but you can teach the craft.



The Craft Quotes: "You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer."

You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer.



The Craft Quotes: "What I don't write is as important as what I write."

What I don't write is as important as what I write.



The Craft Quotes: "I can fix a bad page. I can't fix a blank page."

I can fix a bad page. I can't fix a blank page.



The Craft Quotes: "What do you want? What are you willing to give up to get it? Writing requires you make sacrifices. Be prepared to work hard to be a writer."

What do you want? What are you willing to give up to get it? Writing requires you make sacrifices. Be prepared to work hard to be a writer.



The Craft Quotes: "I really learned how to write from Robert Louis Stevenson, Anthony Trollope, and de Maupassant."

I really learned how to write from Robert Louis Stevenson, Anthony Trollope, and de Maupassant.



The Craft Quotes: "grows like a seed in the dark out of the leaf-mould of the mind: out of all that has been seen or thought or read, that has long ago been forgotten, descending into the deeps."

grows like a seed in the dark out of the leaf-mould of the mind: out of all that has been seen or thought or read, that has long ago been forgotten, descending into the deeps.



The Craft Quotes: "If you start to revise before you've reached the end, you're likely to begin dawdling with the revisions and putting off the difficult task of writing."

If you start to revise before you've reached the end, you're likely to begin dawdling with the revisions and putting off the difficult task of writing.



The Craft Quotes: "Storytellers don't show, they tell. I'm sticking with that."

Storytellers don't show, they tell. I'm sticking with that.



The Craft Quotes: "Writing is supposed to be difficult, agonizing, a dreadful exercise, a terrible occupation."

Writing is supposed to be difficult, agonizing, a dreadful exercise, a terrible occupation.



The Craft Quotes: "The blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it."

The blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it.



The Craft Quotes: "Those of our writers who have possessed a vivid personal talent have been paralyzed by a want of social background."

Those of our writers who have possessed a vivid personal talent have been paralyzed by a want of social background.



The Craft Quotes: "But if you don't understand that story is character and not just idea, you will not be able to breathe life into even the most intriguing flash of inspiration."

But if you don't understand that story is character and not just idea, you will not be able to breathe life into even the most intriguing flash of inspiration.



The Craft Quotes: "Murphy is a writer's best friend, but you have to keep an eye on him, or he'll steal the silver."

Murphy is a writer's best friend, but you have to keep an eye on him, or he'll steal the silver.



The Craft Quotes: "Poetry expands the senses and keeps them in prime condition. It keeps you aware of your nose, your eye, your ear, your tongue, your hand."

Poetry expands the senses and keeps them in prime condition. It keeps you aware of your nose, your eye, your ear, your tongue, your hand.