“The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon.” — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
A writer must take risks, defy the odds, be a bit obsessed and a little mad. — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
A novel must work as a story because no one's going to get to the other themes if you don't entertain the… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
I write very tightly, and my big fear is boring people. I want them to read quickly, stopped in their tracks. I… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
I don't think I began to be a professional writer until I learned my weaknesses and what I couldn't do. This forced… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
I'm always telling myself as I write that I'm not really writing a novel; I'm just going to fool around with a… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
My dream was to be known as a writer and to be able to produce at least one book that would be… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
When people say they write for themselves, that's probably what they do. I will admit that I don't write for myself; I… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon.… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
I find that most books that I don't like are those in which the authors have indulged themselves. I can almost sense… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
When I write, I never think of segments as chapters; I think of them as scenes. I always visualize them in my… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
It would be the death of all creativity for me if I had to sit there and be concerned with the sensibilities… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
The rewriting is always crucial to what I do; whenever I do a scene, I always tell myself that this isn't final… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
There is very little that is accidental in my work. I believe in serendipity for developments of plot, but the actual writing… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
A man I know who writes and aspires to be a novelist does very little reading, and he's not that successful. But… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
As much as there is joy in writing, there's always the little bit of terror to keep you on edge, on your… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
I don't like to think in terms of writing ten or twelve pages a day. Usually I'm writing a scene, and it's… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
When you get the ideas, that's a thrill; when you're writing the book and it's corning out well, that's a thrill; when… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
We all start out with the same alphabet. We are all unique. Talent is not the most important thing --- discipline and… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
...pain reaches a certain point and does not get worse but remains in all its intensity and you can survive it. — Robert Cormier Copy Share
It came to me that hell would not be fire and smoke after all but arctic, everything white and frigid. Hell would be not… — Robert Cormier Copy Share
I don't like to think in terms of writing ten or twelve pages a day. Usually I'm writing a scene, and it's always with… — Robert Cormier Copy Share
“Mr. Sinclair once asked the class to make a list of the ten most beautiful words in the English language, and the only word… — Robert Cormier Copy Share
The earliest influence on me was the movies of the thirties when I was growing up. Those were stories. If you look at them… — Robert Cormier Copy Share
“He was afraid that his body would come loose, all his bones spilling out like a building collapsing, like a picket fence clattering apart.” — Robert Cormier Copy Share
I have always had a sense that we are all pretty much alone in life, particularly in adolescence. — Robert Cormier Copy Share
I don't mean to be insolent. I'm truthful. I tell the truth and the truth sometimes hurts. For instance, you have bad breath, Lieutenant.… — Robert Cormier Copy Share
The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon. You can… — Robert Cormier Copy Share
That's what Archie did - built a house nobody could anticipate a need for, except himself, a house that was invisible to everyone else. — Robert Cormier Copy Share
“They tell you to do your own thing but they don't mean it. They don't want you to do your thing, not unless it… — Robert Cormier Copy Share
I've had aunts and uncles who not only haven't read my books but could hardly believe that I was a writer. — Robert Cormier Copy Share
You bring up your children to be self-reliant and independent and they double-cross you and become self-reliant and independent. — Robert Cormier Copy Share
“We just might make a quarterback out of you yet, you skinny little son of a bitch.” — Robert Cormier Copy Share
