Break Quote by Lev Grossman

I like rules. I like definitions, categories, and writing advice of all sorts. When I'm writing fiction, there are often a lot of things…

— Bruce Holland Rogers

I didn't know that there were many rules in music when I first started writing.

— Tyler Joseph

You can get away with breaking all of the other rules at least once in a while, but you can't get away with breaking…

— Terry Brooks

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

I have always been drawn to characters, and this was true for my feature-writing career as well, where there is a tension between rule-breaking…

— Matt Nix

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

I respond very well to rules. If there are certain parameters it's much easier to do something really good. Especially when readers know what…

— Denise Mina

There are no rules. You can write a story, if you wish, with no conflict, no suspense, no beginning, middle or end. Of course,…

— Fredric Brown

In reading and writing, you cannot lay down rules until you have learnt to obey them. Much more so in life.

— Marcus Aurelius

Writing rules is not one of the more 'glamorous' aspects of working on games. It is a task that is, in general, more drudgery…

— Jim Dunnigan

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

— Patrick Rothfuss

Some rules are there for a reason - but it's one thing to have a rule that protects and another to have rules that…

— Chantelle Brown-Young