First time Quote by Jane Yolen

Khaddar is an attempt to revise and reverse the process and establish a better relationship between the cities and villages.

— Mahatma Gandhi

My usual route is, I do a play at South Coast Rep, then there's time between and I revise it, and then I take…

— Richard Greenberg

The absolute rule of the state shall be a function of the absolute liberty of each individual will.

— Aleister Crowley

To be a successful father... there's one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don't look at it for the first two years.

— Ernest Hemingway

The main rule of writing is that if you do it with enough assurance and confidence, you’re allowed to do whatever you like. (That…

— Neil Gaiman

Rules such as "Write what you know," and "Show, don't tell," while doubtlessly grounded in good sense, can be ignored with impunity by any…

— Tom Robbins

As a general rule, writing is very inconvenient.

— Shannon Hale

There's a rule of writing: if everything is funny, nothing is funny; if everything is sad, nothing is sad. You want that contrast.

— J. Michael Straczynski

The basic rule [of writing] given us was simple and heartbreaking. A story to be effective had to convey something from the writer to…

— John Steinbeck

The only rule I have when writing is to try to tell the truth. That doesn't mean you can't exaggerate, edit, rewrite things to…

— Erica Jong

A good ground rule for writing in any genre is, start with a form, then undermine its confidence in itself. Ask what it's afraid…

— M. John Harrison

First rule of writing: When still a child, make sure you read a lot of books. Spend more time doing this than anything else.

— Zadie Smith