Believe Quote by Jamaica Kincaid

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

— Patrick Rothfuss

The correctness and quality of what you write do not matter; the act of writing does.

— Natalie Goldberg

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

You just have to keep getting out of your own way so that whatever it is that wants to be written can use you…

— Anne Lamott

I don't think you can write according to a set of rules and laws; every writer is so different.

— Kiran Desai

I have made three rules of writing for myself that are absolutes: Never take advice. Never show or discuss work in progress. Never answer…

— Raymond Chandler

The first thing you have to know about writing is that it is something you must do everyday. There are two reasons for this…

— Walter Mosley

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

— John Mortimer

The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt that it didn't…

— Edward Albee

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

Anything that happens to you has some bearing upon what you write.

— John Dos Passos

As a general rule, writing is very inconvenient.

— Shannon Hale