Book Quote by Tanith Lee

For years and years I thought that stories were just practice, till I got time to write a novel,

— Alice Munro

I would rather read a poorly structured story that has fresh ideas than a tightly structured one with cliches.

— Douglas Wood

“The most familiar of all advice on writing is the old classroom cliché “Write what you know.” It is very much a cliché, and…

— Stephen Koch

All good writers are sensitive to clichés and endeavor to avoid them

— Ben Yagoda

I believe that everybody needs to tell their story - to be heard, to be seen, to be acknowledged, to be understood. We all…

— Shakti Gawain

People are like books each one has it's own story to tell

— Ellysa Bacani

I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one.

— Flannery O'Connor

“Every novel is brand-new. It’s never been written before in the history of the world. At the same time, it’s merely the latest in…

— Thomas C. Foster

It's easier to come up with new stories than it is to finish the ones you already have. I think every author would feel…

— Stephenie Meyer

I never want to write a book just to tell a story. There is always something deeper going on.

— Karin Slaughter

The older I get, the more I seek to use a plain prose style, concentrating more on story.

— John Scott

When you're writing a novel, you're still telling a story. But you're telling it very differently. It's a craft like anything else.

— Howard Gordon