We are a species that needs and wants to understand who we are. Sheep lice do not seem to share this longing, which is one reason why they write so little.
– Anne Lamott
Tag: Quotable
Quotable 473
Don’t classify me, read me. I’m a writer, not a genre.
– Carlos Fuentes
Quotable 472
You don’t become a novelist to become a spinner of entertaining lies: you become a novelist so you can tell the truth.
– Hilary Mantel
Quotable 471
Boredom is the enemy of story.
– Chuck Wendig
Quotable 470
Begin your story with a voice.
– Ursula K. LeGuin
Quotable 469
One of the first things I tell my classes is, “If you want to write, keep a low overhead.”
– Grace Paley
Quotable 468
I have great fears. I’m terrified of guns. I’m terrified of heights, so I write about bridge-builders and gunfighters.
– Michael Ondaatje
Quotable 467
The idea is to avoid monotony.
– Lester Dent
Quotable 466
Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s.
– Stephen King
Quotable 465
Become emotionally involved. If you don’t care about your characters, your readers won’t either.
– Judy Blume