Character Quote by Debra Monroe

I don't feel any ethical dilemma when I write. In my memoir, I was able to write with candor about the two most difficult…

— Said Sayrafiezadeh

If you just go get one of these little fine arts degrees or writing program degrees, it never forces you to confront your responsibility…

— Dorothy Allison

The story is always better than your ability to write it. My belief about this is that if you ever get to the point…

— Robin McKinley

Writing about real stuff that really concerned me brought out my craft. If you're writing a story about, 'Is Lois Lane gonna figure out…

— Dennis O'Neil

I realized you might make money at writing, and you might even make a living at it. So after that I didn't write stories…

— Dean Koontz

And what it depends on, of course, is whether the story itself is worth the ethical compromise it requires and whether the competition is…

— Roger Mudd

Good writing is about finding and exploiting anecdotes that resonate with the reader. In storytelling, it's OK if you only make one point, as…

— Ben Clymer

Writers shouldn’t underestimate the difficulty of what they’re doing, and they should treat it with great seriousness. You’re doing something that really matters, you’re…

— David Guterson

I always give my students exercises where they really have to open a vein and bleed all over the paper and that's the way…

— George R. R. Martin

“If we think of grades as an opportunity to shine a light on what we value in the whole of writing and for the…

— Patty McGee

Now the truth is, writing is a great way to deal with a lot of difficult emotional issues. It can be very therapeutic, but…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Stories often take their own course once you start to write them, especially when you have the benefit of a writers' room and a…

— Bryan Konietzko