885 Quotes About Writing-advice

If a novel was a map of a country, a story was the bright silver pin that marked the crossroads.

Love words, agonize over sentences. And pay

What I am trying to achieve is a voice sitting by a fireplace telling you a story on a winter’s evening.

Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination.

Protect the time and space in which you write. Keep everybody away from it, even the people who are most important to you.

You need the devotion to your work that a priest of God has for his.

When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the students to make their characters want something right away even if it's only a glass of water.

I have no talent; it's just a question of working, of being willing to put in the time.

You have to simply love writing, and you have to remind yourself often that you love it.