I talk to myself on paper about my characters - sometimes writing in first person... I keep lists of unanswered questions that I can always turn to in order to get myself going. — Phyllis A. Whitney Copy Share Image
But emotion cannot be buried by words, though it can be aroused by them. — Phyllis A. Whitney Copy Share Image
Reading has always been a major part of my life. It has broadened my world and taken me to places I would otherwise have… — Phyllis A. Whitney Copy Share Image
One of the wonderful things about being ALIVE is that it's never too late. — Phyllis A. Whitney Copy Share Image
“Problem, purpose, conflict, goal. Use them. Think about them while you are in the planning phase of your novel; keep these elements at the… — Phyllis A. Whitney Copy Share Image
Nobody wanted me. I just kept writing books and learning my craft. Most writers aren't very good in the beginning. — Phyllis A. Whitney Copy Share Image
Short of throwing away all television sets, I really don't know what we can do about writing. — Phyllis A. Whitney Copy Share Image
“As good as' always spells mediocrity. But when a writer's work is in competition with all those thousands of other manuscripts that pour over… — Phyllis A. Whitney Copy Share Image
You must want to enough. Enough to take all the rejections, enough to pay the price of disappointment and discouragement while you are learning. — Phyllis A. Whitney Copy Share Image
It's hard to come up with a 'quote' about myself. Perhaps I could say that most of my writing has been concerned with understanding… — Phyllis A. Whitney Copy Share Image
