Books Quote by Writing Chief

“Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted and slightly savage if…

— Jessamyn West

“You know you are a writer when characters inside your brain keep demanding, 'This is my story! Now tell it or I will never…

— Christy Hall

“I'm purely a popular writer, with no axe to grind apart from writing a good read' for entertainment and relaxation.”

— Mary Howard

“Sooooooooo much literary fiction I get in the old query inbox is plotless. It's just a character musing about the vagaries and eccentricities of…

— Nathan Bransford literary agent

“Write and keep writing, not because people will like it, but because someone may get a kick out of thrashing your book.”

— Magus Tor

“Your whole duty as a writer is to please and satisfy yourself, and the true writer always plays to an audience of one. Start…

— E.B. White

“You ordinary people who read and do not write, who 'like to read' and know nothing of the sufferings of writers, how fortunate you…

— Joyce Carol Oates

“WHy bother to write if it isn't disturbing, banal, beautiful, hardcore, cutting edge and savage, and melts a readers mind because they see something…

— Jane Brooke

“My characters were...rebelling against something...My own bad writing. I wouldn't do for my characters what they needed for me to do - be courageous…

— John Scalzi

“Writing is my passion in life and I will always try to use it to help inspire all others traveling down the roads of…

— Timothy Pina

“...writers are a savage breed, Mr. Strike. If you want life-long friendship and selfless camaraderie, join the army and learn to kill. If you…

— Robert Galbraith

“Never let something you want to happen in a story tie the hands of your characters and especially not your villain. If your hero…

— Alex Woolfson