writing Quotes

"When I began doing theatre in high school I saw that I could get laughs from people but I didn't really connect that to going on and becoming a comedian. I was interested in acting and while I was at... ...

"I have realized that mystery is what keeps people away, and I've grown tired of smoke and mirrors. I yearn for the clean, well-lighted place. So let's peek behind the curtain and hail the others like us. The open-faced sandwiches... ...

"Right now I'm singing along to books on tape. I typically pop in something like Stephen King's 'The Stand,' and I love singing along to that kind of stuff."

"I asked people who have already finished books for advice, which is akin to asking a mother with a four-year-old what childbirth is like."

A good style must, first of all, be clear. It must not be mean or above the dignity of the subject. It must be appropriate.

Biographies, as generally written, are not only misleading but false... In most instances, they commemorate a lie and cheat posterity out of the truth.

Writing is my love. If you love something, you find a lot of time. I write for two hours a day, usually starting at midnight; at times, I start at 11.

PLOT is CHARACTER revealed by ACTION.

"There comes a point in your life when you need to stop reading other people's books and write your own."

You don't go to other books and take little pieces because although say a romantic scene may have been many times before all the details of who it is, where it is, are so intertwined in that text that it's... ...

"People who read are people who dream, and we connect through the stories we live and tell and read."

"For I do not want any one to read my book carelessly. I have suffered too much grief in setting down these memories. Six years have already passed since my friend went away from me, with his sheep. If I... ...