The work never matches the dream of perfection the artist has to start with. — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
The greatest rules of dramatic writing are conflict, conflict, conflict. — James Frey Copy Share Image
Science fiction writers, I am sorry to say, really do not know anything. — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success - but only if you persist. — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
“I gave up worrying about the principles of fiction writing when I realized that there weren't any.” — Teri Louise Kelly Copy Share Image
“Good fiction can help us to expand our circle of empathy to include people unlike ourselves.- R' Eitan Levy” — Eitan Levy Copy Share Image
What's hard, in hacking as in fiction, is not writing, it's deciding what to write. — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“Although nobody could ever know about our friendship, that wasn’t going to stop us from being together.” — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
“I got the job as a Bingo host and did better than they imagined. Never before had they had an emcee so… — John Bennardo Copy Share Image
Thank your readers and the critics who praise you, and then ignore them. Write for the most intelligent, wittiest, wisest audience in… — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
“I was slightly thankful when Mom finally came out and unlocked the car. It was warm and toasty inside and it smelt… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
The twentieth century saw a professionalization of fiction writing, particularly in its second half and particularly in the Anglo-Saxon world - not… — Zia Haider Rahman Copy Share Image
The first time I took a fiction writing class was sophomore year. And I just found myself taking that extremely seriously, in… — John Brandon Copy Share Image
I have been successful probably because I have always realized that I knew nothing about writing and have merely tried to tell… — Edgar Rice Burroughs Copy Share Image
In fiction writing ideas have to be handled extremely carefully. You can't let your characters just be mouthpieces for your ideas. They… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them.… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Learning to listen, letting people finish their sentences, and most of all, the habit of noticing the difference between what people say… — Amy Bloom Copy Share Image
“Fueled by my inspiration, I ran across the room to steal the cup of coffee the bookshelf had taken prisoner. Lapping the… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
When I taught at the University of Houston in the Creative Writing program we required the poets to take workshops in fiction… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
“For example, instead of saying that it was a rainy night, you can say, “At night she could see from her window… — Pawan Mishra Copy Share Image
My work is very eclectic. I write books that range from writing fiction, writing fable where I am very directly trying to… — Jonathon Keats Copy Share Image
“Some books will remain famous but will be considered anonymous works, as for us the epic of Gilgamesh; others author's names will… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
Never believe that the fiction writing life makes sense… It's insanity by definition. — Jo Beverley Copy Share Image
“I watched her shadow merge with the darker colours of the deep sea.” — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
If you write one story, it may be bad; if you write a hundred, you have the odds in your favor. — Edgar Rice Burroughs Copy Share Image
First of all, writing at best - certainly fiction writing - more and more I think is magic. — Kathy Acker Copy Share Image
“Whither be the heart of Justice? Lo, in stone, child. Lo, in stone. Whither be the heart of Justice? Lo, tis fast… — K. Ritz Copy Share Image
“Ketal is not hell! It’s the K’tul homeworld. What is the difference?” — Andri E. Elia Copy Share Image
“Good fiction is trawling back into the past and digging up the real characters who've influenced your entire being.” — Ken Scott Copy Share Image
“Was the dividing line between life and fiction as hazy for other people as it was for a writer?” — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I want to do some fiction writing, I've had some pretty good luck with short stories, I'd like to do a couple… — Janis Ian Copy Share Image
“Your wish, my Qu—” I press my finger to his lips. “Let us race.” “You will not win.” Holden grabs my wrist and kisses… — Tricia Copeland Copy Share Image
“Writing is a solitary business. It’s just you and your characters and a blank page you need to fill.” — Shannon Celebi Copy Share Image
“Our pendants glowed in unison and I understood that they represented us – Siren and human intertwined for eternity.” — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
“I came to conquer this land and its people, but instead, one of its people conquered me.” — Laura Thalassa Copy Share Image
Fiction writing and journalism, in my experience, are really excellent training grounds for each other. — Monica Hesse Copy Share Image
“My fiction-writing career owes it start to the bad navigation of an 18th century pirate. For it was” — Paul Kemprecos Copy Share Image
“Fiction writing is a kind of magic. If I communicate the magic spell . . . it loses its force for me.” — Angus Wilson Copy Share Image
“He sent it flying at full speed. It jumped six times as well, sending ripples across the sea. The small splashes of… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
Fiction writing was in my blood from a very young age, but I never considered writing as a real career. I thought… — James Rollins Copy Share Image
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