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> [You will not read voice on the page; you will hear it in your head.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-gerard/you-will-not-read-voice-on-the-page-you-will-hear-it-in-your-head/)

[Philip Gerard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-gerard/)

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## More by Philip Gerard

> [It's not enough simply to record the way people actually talk. The dialogue must be concentrated, shaped, dramatically moving, in a way that real-life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-gerard/it-s-not-enough-simply-to-record-the-way-people-actually-talk-the/)

[Philip Gerard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-gerard/)

> [The habits of craft, developed day in and day out over a working lifetime, create moments of astonishment, sublime and magical effects, precisely because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-gerard/the-habits-of-craft-developed-day-in-and-day-out-over-a-working/)

[Philip Gerard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-gerard/)

> [Storytelling is the art of unfolding knowledge in a way that makes each piece contribute to a larger truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-gerard/storytelling-is-the-art-of-unfolding-knowledge-in-a-way-that-makes/)

[Philip Gerard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-gerard/)

> [For the big stuff to work credibly, you've got to get the little stuff absolutely right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-gerard/for-the-big-stuff-to-work-credibly-you-ve-got-to-get-the-little-stuff/)

[Philip Gerard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-gerard/)

> [But a writing project begins not just in doubt but also in faith-that if your passion is genuine, if you have mastered the elements…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-gerard/but-a-writing-project-begins-not-just-in-doubt-but-also-in-faith-that/)

[Philip Gerard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-gerard/)

> [Voice is one of the most elusive qualities in any story. We recognize it when we hear it, but it's hard consciously to create…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-gerard/voice-is-one-of-the-most-elusive-qualities-in-any-story-we-recognize/)

[Philip Gerard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-gerard/)

> [“Nobody writes a book. What you write every day is a piece of a book, a fragment, a scene.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-gerard/nobody-writes-a-book-what-you-write-every-day-is-a-piece-of-a-book-a/)

[Philip Gerard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-gerard/)

> [Voice really depends on the answer to the question, Who is telling this story? . . . That will color your diction-and determine your metaphors, your sensibility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-gerard/voice-really-depends-on-the-answer-to-the-question-who-is-telling/)

[Philip Gerard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-gerard/)

> [You will not read voice on the page; you will hear it in your head.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-gerard/you-will-not-read-voice-on-the-page-you-will-hear-it-in-your-head/)

[Philip Gerard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-gerard/)

> [We create an interior 'movie' in the reader's head through words on the page.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-gerard/we-create-an-interior-movie-in-the-reader-s-head-through-words-on-the/)

[Philip Gerard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-gerard/)

> [You have to roll up your sleeves and be a stonecutter before you can become a sculptor - command of craft always precedes art:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-gerard/you-have-to-roll-up-your-sleeves-and-be-a-stonecutter-before-you-can/)

[Philip Gerard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-gerard/)

> [The simplest tool of the writer is repetition. . . . The simplest tool of the writer is repetition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-gerard/the-simplest-tool-of-the-writer-is-repetition-the-simplest-tool-of/)

[Philip Gerard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-gerard/)

> [The only way to write a novel is to proceed as if you had all the time in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-gerard/the-only-way-to-write-a-novel-is-to-proceed-as-if-you-had-all-the/)

[Philip Gerard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-gerard/)

> [“The fastest way to write is to pretend you have all the time in the world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-gerard/the-fastest-way-to-write-is-to-pretend-you-have-all-the-time-in-the/)

[Philip Gerard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-gerard/)

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