Assurance Quote by Neil Gaiman

Write your story as it needs to be written. Write it honestly, and tell it as best you can. I'm not sure that there…

— Neil Gaiman

“If you you write with enough assurance and confidence, you’re allowed to do whatever you like. So write your story as it needs to…

— Neil Gaiman

I find most 'rules' about how to write a 'good story' confining, and I enjoy writing stories that don't look like stories at all…

— Ken Liu

I'll give you the whole secret to short story writing. Here it is. Rule 1: Write stories that please yourself. There is no Rule 2.

— O. Henry

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

This is not necessarily the answer people want, but ultimately, I think writing is an amoral process. Your ultimate responsibility is to the truth…

— Lynn Coady

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

“If you want to write, practice writing. Practice it for hours a day, not to come up with a story you can publish, but…

— Ann Patchett

“1. Write. 2. Put one word after another. Find the right word, put it down. 3. Finish what you're writing. Whatever you have to…

— Neil Gaiman

“There are a couple of utterly important rules to writing anything, whether it's a novel, a short story or a collection of poetry. And…

— Nicholas Trandahl

I'll give you the sole secret of short-story writing, and here it is: Rule 1. Write stories that please yourself. There is no rule…

— O. Henry

If you want to write, write it. That's the first rule. And send it in, and send it in to someone who can publish…

— Robert B. Parker