---
title: "1 Writing Students Quotes By Silas House"
description: "1 Writing Students quotes by Silas House. Plus more from Silas House and more Writing Students sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/571/silas-house-23346_character_i-always-tell-my-writing-students-that-e_1305605.png"
---

> [I always tell my writing students that every good piece of writing begins with both a mystery and a love story. And that every single sentence must be a poem. And that economy is the key to all good writing.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silas-house/i-always-tell-my-writing-students-that-every-good-piece-of-writing/)

[Silas House](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silas-house/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/571/silas-house-23346_character_i-always-tell-my-writing-students-that-e_1305605.png)

## More by Silas House

> [Whole scenes of your life slip away forever if you don't put them down in ink.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silas-house/whole-scenes-of-your-life-slip-away-forever-if-you-don-t-put-them/)

[Silas House](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silas-house/)

> [Writing is a supernatural thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silas-house/writing-is-a-supernatural-thing/)

[Silas House](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silas-house/)

> [“Every morning I was renewed, though. Air and light healed me, over and over. I got to where I depended on it. When I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silas-house/every-morning-i-was-renewed-though-air-and-light-healed-me-over-and/)

[Silas House](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silas-house/)

> [“He liked the splash of the river and the night things that gathered there: katydids and crickets, frogs and cicadas. At night the smell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silas-house/he-liked-the-splash-of-the-river-and-the-night-things-that-gathered/)

[Silas House](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silas-house/)

> [Sometimes just being still is the best thing you can do for yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silas-house/sometimes-just-being-still-is-the-best-thing-you-can-do-for-yourself/)

[Silas House](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silas-house/)

> [In New York, the buildings are like mountains in some ways, but they are only alive because of the people living in them. Real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silas-house/in-new-york-the-buildings-are-like-mountains-in-some-ways-but-they/)

[Silas House](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silas-house/)

> [“Maybe all the trees were God.--A Parchment of Leaves”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silas-house/maybe-all-the-trees-were-god-a-parchment-of-leaves/)

[Silas House](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silas-house/)

> [“When Clay was little, newscasters boasted that the War on Poverty was being waged in those very mountains, but if the government had fought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silas-house/when-clay-was-little-newscasters-boasted-that-the-war-on-poverty-was/)

[Silas House](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silas-house/)

> [But you cannot know a place without loving it and hating it and feeling everything in between. You cannot understand a complex people by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silas-house/but-you-cannot-know-a-place-without-loving-it-and-hating-it-and/)

[Silas House](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silas-house/)

> [I always tell my writing students that every good piece of writing begins with both a mystery and a love story. And that every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silas-house/i-always-tell-my-writing-students-that-every-good-piece-of-writing/)

[Silas House](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silas-house/)

> [Since that night I have come to understand that sometimes the best families of all are those we create ourselves, the people we choose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silas-house/since-that-night-i-have-come-to-understand-that-sometimes-the-best/)

[Silas House](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silas-house/)

> [“I appricated that Nell was talking to me like a grown-up, but I had no idea what she meant. Still, I could see that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silas-house/i-appricated-that-nell-was-talking-to-me-like-a-grown-up-but-i-had-no/)

[Silas House](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silas-house/)

> [Strange, how such a small realization can affect everyone's life forever. In movies there is always a carefully staged moment - a big crescendo…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silas-house/strange-how-such-a-small-realization-can-affect-everyone-s-life/)

[Silas House](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silas-house/)

> [“Easter, I don't want you to die and go to Heaven without having a little fun. The Lord forgives all things, honey. Live, sister!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silas-house/easter-i-don-t-want-you-to-die-and-go-to-heaven-without-having-a/)

[Silas House](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silas-house/)

> [“Any two people can set and jaw all day long, but it takes two people right for each other to set together and just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silas-house/any-two-people-can-set-and-jaw-all-day-long-but-it-takes-two-people/)

[Silas House](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silas-house/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing-students/silas-house/#itemlist",
            "name": "1 Writing Students Quotes By Silas House",
            "numberOfItems": 1,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "I always tell my writing students that every good piece of writing begins with both a mystery and a love story. And that every single sentence must be a poem. And that economy is the key to all good writing. And that every character has to have a secret.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Silas House"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silas-house/i-always-tell-my-writing-students-that-every-good-piece-of-writing/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/571/silas-house-23346_character_i-always-tell-my-writing-students-that-e_1305605.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/571/silas-house-23346_character_i-always-tell-my-writing-students-that-e_1305605.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/571/silas-house-23346_character_i-always-tell-my-writing-students-that-e_1305605.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I always tell my writing students that every good piece of writing begins with both a mystery and a love…” — Silas House",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing-students/silas-house/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing-students/silas-house/",
            "name": "Writing Students Quotes by Silas House",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing-students/silas-house/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/571/silas-house-23346_character_i-always-tell-my-writing-students-that-e_1305605.png"
            },
            "description": "1 Writing Students quotes by Silas House. Plus more from Silas House and more Writing Students sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing-students/silas-house/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing-students/silas-house/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Writing Students",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing-students/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "Silas House",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing-students/silas-house/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```