“You must understand that when you are writing a novel you are not making anything up.” — Thomas Harris Copy Share Image
You must understand that when you are writing a novel you are not making anything up. It's all there and you just… — Thomas Harris Copy Share Image
I do believe that reading can help you understand what you're writing and see what others are doing. But sometimes the desire… — Manuel Puig Copy Share Image
“Advice? Focus on the craft. Study the greats. Try and understand how and why they made the writing choices they did.” — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
My aunt could never understand how writing could be a full-time job. She'd keep asking when I'd get a real job! — Ken Spillman Copy Share Image
Understand that writing is like an athletic activity. To play tennis well, you expect to keep practicing, but for some reason with… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
My writing model is my mother, who is a writer as well. She always valued clarity and simplicity above all else. If… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
Also, they don't understand - writing is language. The use of language. The language to create image, the language to create drama.… — John Milius Copy Share Image
“MFA in a Box is designed to help you to find the courage to put truth into words and to understand that… — John Rember Copy Share Image
There was a time before I felt I was a real writer, when I was a yarn spinner and I just wanted… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
I love that "furious and gorgeous barrage." That helps me see the relation between the introduction and the book's final section, where… — Laura Mullen Copy Share Image
It took a lot to understand that the interest in both writing a story and reading it is not in the objective… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
“Things that only a writer would understand—you’re writing a character—you tell that character who she or he is and they stop you… — Lisa Marbly-Warir Copy Share Image
"There is no analysis here," the most brutal of them wrote. Now I wonder if my papers lacked critical thought, or if… — Mary J. Miller Copy Share Image
“Never worry about the reader, what the reader can understand. When you are writing, glance over your shoulder, and you’ll find there… — Richard Hugo Copy Share Image
“The longer I am a writer--so long now that my writing finger is periodically numb--the better I understand what writing is; what… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“In my classes, we read great fiction obsessively, and then attempt to see how a writer managed to affect us. We try… — Dean Bakopoulos Copy Share Image
