Constructs Quote by Mark Rubinstein

A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which, can supply the lack of…

— William Faulkner

As a fiction writer, my favorite tools are my imagination and the peculiar opportunities offered by different points of view.

— Stewart O'Nan

Stories are like relics, part of an undiscovered preexisting world. The writer's job is to use the tools in his or her toolbox to…

— Stephen King

As a story writer, you have work with sharp but relatively small tools, the picks of metaphor, the shovel blade of images, the trowel…

— David Means

The task of a writer consists of being able to make something out of an idea.

— Thomas Mann

I believe a writer's most important skill lies in being able to see things from different perspectives.

— Patrick Rothfuss

Writing itself is one of the great, free human activities. There is scope for individuality, and elation, and discovery. In writing, for the person…

— William Stafford

Being literate as a writer is good craft, is knowing your job, is knowing how to use your tools properly and not to damage…

— Douglas Adams

The function of a writer is to make sense of life. It is such a mystery, it changes all the time, like the light.

— Nadine Gordimer

“A writer's two greatest tools are imagination and perseverance.”

— Mark Rubinstein

“The best tool in a writer's arsenal is a reader's imagination.”

— Tim Campbell

I believe a writer is an eye, a pervasive eye that sees the reality that surrounds us, as well as the impression it makes…

— Mariela Griffor