Alive Quote by Fannie Hurst

Writers don't need to be given formulas; they need to be shown possibilities.

— Barry Lane

“I don't have a ready-made formula to apply when I embark on a new book, but my guiding principles are discipline, compassion and a…

— Paulo Coelho

I don't want to write formula. I don't want to crank these books out like sausages. Every book is different, which takes a hell…

— Sue Grafton

“academic writing is a process of making intelligent choices, not of following rigid rules.”

— Helen Sword

I never write in a linear way. And I tell students not to. You can only know so much about a book when you…

— Carol Anshaw

A textbook requires a consistent sense of style and a linear structure, hallmarks of a single authorial presence. An encyclopedia doesn't.

— Clive Thompson

“The teacher, not a set of books, is the determining factor in quality results.”

— James Bastien

“A book isn’t rigorous if students aren’t reading it.”

— Penny Kittle

The greatest thing about writing a book is that at first it's all inchoate, but the more you work on it, the more the…

— George Saunders

The formula for creative writing in high school or college is write what you know.

— Toni Morrison

In my experience, every book you write changes the conditions in which you write the next.

— Howard Jacobson

There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.

— W. Somerset Maugham