Phyllis A. Whitney

But emotion cannot be buried by words, though it can be aroused by them.

— Phyllis A. Whitney

Reading has always been a major part of my life. It has broadened my world and taken me to places I would…

— Phyllis A. Whitney

One of the wonderful things about being ALIVE is that it's never too late.

— Phyllis A. Whitney

A map is not a journey.

— Phyllis A. Whitney

“Good stories are not written, they are rewritten”

— Phyllis A. Whitney

“Problem, purpose, conflict, goal. Use them. Think about them while you are in the planning phase of your novel; keep these elements…

— Phyllis A. Whitney

Nobody wanted me. I just kept writing books and learning my craft. Most writers aren't very good in the beginning.

— Phyllis A. Whitney

Short of throwing away all television sets, I really don't know what we can do about writing.

— Phyllis A. Whitney

“As good as' always spells mediocrity. But when a writer's work is in competition with all those thousands of other manuscripts that…

— Phyllis A. Whitney

You must want to enough. Enough to take all the rejections, enough to pay the price of disappointment and discouragement while you…

— Phyllis A. Whitney

A good book isn't written, it's rewritten.

— Phyllis A. Whitney

It's hard to come up with a 'quote' about myself. Perhaps I could say that most of my writing has been concerned…

— Phyllis A. Whitney

I talk to myself on paper about my characters - sometimes writing in first person... I keep lists of unanswered questions that…

— Phyllis A. Whitney