Writing Quotes

18562 Writing quotes by 6643 unique authors

The trouble with science fiction is that you can write about everything: time, space, all the future, all the past, all of the universe, any… — Unknown Author
One of my many theories about short stories is that their titles and first lines ought to be memorable, because if not memorable they will… — Damon Knight
Science fiction is what I point at when I say science fiction. — Damon Knight
In the tale, in the telling, we are all one blood. Take the tale in your teeth, then, and bite till the blood runs, hoping… — Ursula K. Le Guin
Which isn't the truth, you understand. At least you understand that in your head...but not always in your heart. — Stephen Leigh
The writer who cannot sometimes throw away a thought about which another man would have written dissertations, without worry whether or not the reader will… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
No author dislikes to be edited as much as he dislikes not to be published. — Russell Lynes
So this is always the key: you have to write the book you love, the book that's alive in your heart. That's the one you… — Lurlene McDaniel
I want story, wit, music, wryness, color, and a sense of reality in what I read, and I try to get it in what I… — John D. MacDonald
Writing is not a profession, occupation or job; it is not a way of life: it is a comprehensive response to life. — Gregory Mcdonald
The story is always better than your ability to write it. My belief about this is that if you ever get to the point that… — Robin McKinley
Write what you want to read. The person you know best in this world is you. Listen to yourself. If you are excited by what… — Robin McKinley
An old racetrack joke reminds you that your program contains all the winners' names. I stare at my typewriter keys with the same thought. — Mignon McLaughlin
The idea is to get the pencil moving quickly. — Bernard Malamud
Looking back, I imagine I was always writing. Twaddle it was too. But better far write twaddle or anything, anything, than nothing at all. — Katherine Mansfield
Whether we are describing a king, an assassin, a thief, an honest man, a prostitute, a nun, a young girl, or a stallholder in a… — Guy de Maupassant
As a younger man I wrote for eight years without ever earning a nickel which is a long apprenticeship, but in that time I learned… — James A. Michener
I am always interested in why young people become writers, and from talking with many I have concluded that most do not want to be… — James A. Michener
I have never thought of myself as a good writer. Anyone who wants reassurance of that should read one of my first drafts. But I'm… — James A. Michener
The job of a storyteller is to tell stories, and I have concentrated on that obligation. — James A. Michener
Every language reflects the prejudices of the society in which it evolved. — Casey Miller
Writers would be warm, loyal, and otherwise terrific people-if only they'd stop writing. — Laura Miller
That must be fine, for I don't understand a word. — Moliere
When I sit at my table to write, I never know what it's going to be until I'm under way. I trust in inspiration, which… — Alberto Moravia
The novel can't compete with cars, the movies, television, and liquor. A guy who's had a good feed and tanked up on good wine gives… — Louis-Ferdinand Celine

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