Ifs Quote by Elmore Leonard

Two very simple rules: A. You don't have to write. B. You can't do anything else The rest comes of itself.

— Raymond Chandler

Write what you like; there is no other rule.

— O. Henry

There are no rules in writing. There are useful principles. Throw them away when they're not useful. But always know what you're throwing away.

— Will Shetterly

The Six Golden Rules of Writing: Read, read, read, and write, write, write.

— Ernest Gaines

I make it a rule not to clutter my mind with simple information that I can find in a book in five minutes.

— Albert Einstein

The only rule I have found to have any validity in writing is not to bore yourself.

— John Mortimer

You need to realize that most writing rules aren't laws, they're rules of thumb.

— Patrick Rothfuss

It's very important, at least to me as a writer, that there be some rules on the table when I'm writing. Rules come from…

— Lev Grossman

If you develop rules, never have more than ten.

— Donald Rumsfeld

I like rules. I like definitions, categories, and writing advice of all sorts. When I'm writing fiction, there are often a lot of things…

— Bruce Holland Rogers

Wizard's Eleventh and Final Rule The "Rule Unspoken", the "Rule Unwritten", "The rule from the beginning of time.

— Terry Goodkind

Writing can't be too calculated. My best writing is when I set it aside, move on. It's not when I'm crafting a sentence, thinking…

— Nathaniel Philbrick