Exposition Quote by Ursula K. Le Guin

“When you talk to an author or an artist, you’re only ever getting half the story. We are crafting narratives for you. We are…

— Phoebe North

“I am not ultimately interested in writing fiction. I can't make things up. Or rather, I can only make things up about things that…

— Alison Bechdel

“I'm a novelist by trade and my job is to write a story rather than reconstruct actual events.”

— Sara Sheridan

“I never write the storyline ahead of the novel and stick to it like glue. I prefer my writing to be organic. It takes…

— Airambooksie

“Our job as writers is to be as curious as a child, to see things for the first time, and to never assume. We…

— Alan Watt

“Writing is more than a craft; it is a way of life. Everything you see or do becomes part of what you write.”

— H.P. Oliver

“I think if you want to make a recipe for making a writer, have them feel a little out of place everywhere, have them…

— Lin-Manuel Miranda

“You must understand that when you are writing a novel you are not making anything up.”

— Thomas Harris

“Writing is like sculpturing words out of a block of imagination. Sentences chisel the story, then characters make it their own.”

— Federico Chini

“When you are writing a novel, you aren't making it up. The story is already there. You just have to find it.”

— Thomas Harris

“If your mind jumps to crazy story ideas from little things you see all around you, you might be a writer.”

— Thomas Wilson

“Good writing is made up of characters who are bigger than their circumstances.”

— Michael Knight