Community Quote by Harry J Grant

It is a good thing to write for the amusement of the public, but it is a far higher and nobler thing to write…

— Mark Twain

I did a couple of writing seminars in Canada with high school kids. These were the bright kids; they all have computers, but they…

— Stephen King

We need to get into the community and understand who they are and their needs instead of just giving them something without understanding what…

— Dominique Crenn

Don’t underestimate this gift of finding a place in the writing world: if you really work at describing creatively on paper the truth as…

— Anne Lamott

The trick to writing for people is, you have to be able to turn them on in your head. And know how they'd word…

— Dick Cavett

“Consider the millions who are buying those modern Aladdin’s lamps called e-readers. These magical devices, ever more beautiful and nimble in design, have only…

— Steve Wasserman

When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the students to make their characters want something right away.

— Kurt Vonnegut

If we want to enlighten people or give them new thoughts and ideas, we have to be willing to do the work of educating…

— Janet Mock

We need to look marginalized people in our community in the eye and listen to their stories of struggle, heartache and impossibility.

— Stephanie Land

Indeed, I am repeatedly astonished by the number of really good writers who understand human beings so well on paper but don't know how…

— Mark Haddon

My job is to bring to life the character, not to put the words on the paper.

— Michael K. Williams

Writing is a legitimate way, an important way, to participate in the empowerment of the community that names me.

— Toni Cade Bambara