Able Quote by John Steinbeck

If there is a magic in story writing, and I am convinced that there is, no one has ever been able to reduce it…

— John Steinbeck

“Florence lives alone in the great dreary house, and day succeeded day, and still she lived alone; and the blank walls looked down upon…

— Charles Dickens

“For me, magic can be a story, a game, a puzzle, or a surprise that takes my breath away in a single, furious gulp.”

— Neil Patrick Harris

I didn't really get serious about my own writing until I was convinced it was something that I wanted to do, that I wanted…

— Owen King

Writing, I'm convinced, should be a subversive activity - frowned on by the authorities - and not one cooed over and praised beyond common…

— Dan Simmons

Ten years ago, TV cookery shows were about a man or a woman following recipes. Now, it's all about journeys and campaigns and less…

— Drummond Money-Coutts

Here in Manto's own words that he wanted to mark his grave with: "In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful Here lies…

— Saadat Hasan Manto

For the last 20 years of my life, I've had the mantra to do amazing parts with amazing people in amazing projects, so I'm…

— John Hawkes

The greatest compliment a writer can be given is that a story and character hold a reader spellbound. Im caught up in the story…

— Iris Johansen

I love story-writing because I can (more or less, on occasion) actually DO it. That's really the truth. I like the idea that a…

— George Saunders

Writing two stories [in the Thorn and the Blossom] about the same set of events that were complete stories in themselves, but also added…

— Theodora Goss

All the words I use in my stories can be found in the dictionary-it's just a matter of arranging them into the right sentences.

— W. Somerset Maugham