Anne-of-green-gables Quote by L. M. Montgomery

“A writer writes. There are no exceptions to this reality. No excuses. Stop wasting time talking about your stories and get them on paper.”

— Christy Hall

The story is always better than your ability to write it. My belief about this is that if you ever get to the point…

— Robin McKinley

“Before I published any of my own stories, I read a great many stories by people as passionate about writing as I was, and…

— Dorothy Allison

“READ. You have no business wanting to be a writer unless you are a reader. You should read fantasies and essays, biographies and poetry,…

— Kate DiCamillo

“writing a story is dangerous more dangerous then anyone can know. Its planting small seeds of ideas into peoples minds. Some can grow and…

— Natalie Stein

“Write the story. Don't write sentences.”

— James Patterson

“I write novellas, short books, whatever. I set out to write a good story not write a dictionary.”

— Jason E. Hodges

“Writing: Turning one's worst moments into profit.”

— J.P. Donleavy

“Don’t tell me to write your story. Write your own story. If you won’t write it down, it probably isn’t worth writing down—or reading.”

— Jarod Kintz

“All good writing is persuasive writing; persuading the reader to buy what you're selling, to side with you, to believe the tales you tell.”

— Ramsey Isler

“Writing is a tough business, but never forget the reason why you write. It’s for the love of story telling. Fame and fortune may…

— R.L. Bartram

“The danger that keeps me just a little frightened with every book I write, however, is that I’ll overreach myself once too often and…

— Orson Scott Card