Books Quote by A.M. Homes

“There are always struggles in writing. Anyone who denies this is either lying to themselves or you. Or they’re not faithful to their audience.”

— Phoenix Elvis Nicholson

“I am surprised to see how much I have written; with stories even a page can take me hours, but the truth seems to…

— Dodie Smith

“Write about something you know. Try to leave your readers better off than they were before.”

— John R. Erickson

“Writing has significantly improved my ability to lie.”

— Gerry Stimmler

“You can be a writer who doesn't read everyday. But you're not fooling anyone. It shows, rather embarrassingly, in your work.”

— Don Roff

“Moreover, liars write less than they speak.”

— Edouard Levé

Accuracy first,” I used to tell the writers. “We must never lie by accident, or through slovenliness, only deliberately!

— Sefton Delmer

“If you you write with enough assurance and confidence, you’re allowed to do whatever you like. So write your story as it needs to…

— Neil Gaiman

“Don't fool yourself. Talking about writing is not the same as actually doing it.”

— Christy Hall

“Be true to the writer within you; tell the story you're dying to tell in exactly the way you wish to tell it, and…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“An author never lies. We do, however tend to speak in a fictional prose.”

— Carl Henegan

“Every day I must prove to myself I am a writer. The knowledge goes away in my sleep. What I wrote yesterday was paltry,…

— Bonnie Friedman