Bones Quote by Stephen King

Writing for me is cutting out the fat and getting to the meaning.

— James McBride

“If you have a story to tell, put it out there. Get the thing done. No excuses. No procrastinating. No apologies. It will never…

— James Hampton

“Dear Aspiring Writer, you are not ready. Stop. Put that finished story away and start another one. In a month, go back and look…

— Inez Kelley

“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

Instead of making up stories, stay with the facts. For example, "I am ruined" is a story. It limits you and prevents you from…

— Eckhart Tolle

You grow a whole lot more as a writer by getting old stories out of the house and letting new ones come in and…

— Orson Scott Card

Don't write too much. Concentrate your sweat on one story, rather than dissipate it over a dozen.

— Jack London

Story matters. Writing is important. Stories make the world go around. Many things begin as words on a page. It matters to the world.…

— Chuck Wendig

“Everyone asks me how I got started into writing. I wish I had some cool story to tell, but the truth is pretty lame.…

— Jason Faris

I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material, so rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know…

— Alan Dean Foster

I think one of the biggest mistakes you can make as a writer is to follow your initial [writing] plan too stringently. A story…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Reread, rewrite, reread, rewrite. If it still doesn't work, throw it away. It's a nice feeling, and you don't want to be cluttered with…

— Helen Dunmore