4,370 Quotes About Literature

A writer gets to live yet another life every time he or she creates a new story.

Writing a story is like going on a date—you will spoil it if you aren't living in the moment.

As you become a better writer, the writing becomes more difficult. You toil harder to tell a story in a smaller number of words.

If certain aspect needs to be inconsistent, it must better be consistently inconsistent throughout the story.

Don’t interrupt when your characters take a flight of their own.

Don’t break the rules when you haven’t fully figured them out yet.

Good writing ideas don’t have to be about political turmoil, mass killings, capitalism, racism, injustice, and so on. Find that one idea that has deep roots in your heart.

A writer can do without food for a few hours but not without the sight of books.

If you think there is no time to write now, there will never be.