Authenticity Quote by Jennifer S. Davis

“If you can create characters, devise incidents, and have sincerity and passion, it doesn't matter a damn how you write.”

— Somerset Maughn

“Novels should reflect reality to some extent, otherwise they risk being sentimental.”

— Marc Levy

“...I've been ripped off, lied to, slandered, gossiped about slapped, falsely accused, and had my truths not believed. I've had my heart broken, had…

— Jessica Page Morrell

“The writer of fiction is not a scholar but an artist impacted emotionally by characters from life, who then strives to present these in…

— Alaa Al Aswany

“From the beginning I've searched out those writers unafraid to stir up the emotions, who entrust me with their darkest passions, their most indestructible…

— Pat Conroy

“Good writers don’t moralize, nor do they preach, but they do create longing for the true and the beautiful.”

— Douglas Bond

The sincerity of feeling that is possible between a writer and a reader is one of the finest things I know.

— Willa Cather

“An author’s strong belief and enthusiasm will affect the writing of the book and often the publisher’s commitment to it.”

— Sterling Lord

“If you are a real writer, then just surrender to the writer's life, all of it, even the bad stuff. When you do that,…

— Lauren B. Davis

“If you can tell stories, create characters, devise incidents, and have sincerity and passion, it doesn’t matter a damn how you write.” ~Somerset Maugham”

— Dennis Ward

“True character is marked by the humbleness of one's heart.”

— Vanessa Marie Dewsbury

“Quite often, too, a writer who has for a time been believed to possess a great store of ordinarily profound ideas, and who is…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky