Like Quote by O. Henry

Two very simple rules: A. You don't have to write. B. You can't do anything else The rest comes of itself.

— Raymond Chandler

Write whatever you like!

— Seamus Heaney

There is no rule on how to write.

— Ernest Hemingway

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 have never been one to write by rule, not even by my own rules.

— William Carlos Williams

My most important rule is one that sums up the 10: If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.

— Elmore Leonard

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

It's very important, at least to me as a writer, that there be some rules on the table when I'm writing. Rules come from…

— Lev Grossman

The only rule I have found to have any validity in writing is not to bore yourself.

— John Mortimer

What you write chooses you.

— Terry Brooks

I don't make any rules.

— Tiger Woods

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

— Tyler Joseph