60 Quotes by Mark Rubinstein

I don’t care about the rules of grammar so long as my characters’ words sound true to life and bite heavily.

Tell me a story” is as old as humankind. It’s a prehistoric request, going back to when people sat around fires in caves. A novelist’s first goal, above all, is to tell a story.

A reader is your partner, a friend, not someone who needs to be impressed. Keep the writing honest, make it come from the heart.

Once the first draft is done, the really tough work begins.

If you write a novel a great adventure awaits you. And like any strange and wondrous journey, there will be uncertainty, even fear. Just keep going.

If you write for money or fame you will be disappointed. If you do so for the love of it, you will be rich in satisfaction.