No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.
– Nancy H. Kleinbaum
(said by Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society)
No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.
– Nancy H. Kleinbaum
(said by Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society)
The germ of a story is a new and simple element introduced into an existing situation or mood.
– Malcolm Cowley
He who writes carelessly confesses thereby at the very outset that he does not attach much importance to his own thoughts.
– Arthur Schopenhauer
I’m just writing a story that I want to read.
– Jean Marie Auel
The beginning writer needs talent, application and aspirin.
– James Thurber
Good writing works from a simple premise: your experience is not yours alone, but in some sense a metaphor for everyone’s.
– Dorianne Laux
I am drawn to any story that makes me want to read from one sentence to the next. I have no other criterion.
– Jhumpa Lahiri
Nothing is more satisfying than to write a good sentence. It is no fun to write lumpishly, dully, in prose the reader must plod through like wet sand. But it is a pleasure to achieve, if one can, a clear running prose that is simple yet full of surprises. This does not just happen. It requires skill, hard work, a good ear, and continued practice.
– Barbara W. Tuchman
Wear your heart on the page, and people will read to find out how you solved being alive.
– Amy Hempel
Do not worry. You have always written before and you will write now. All you have to do is write one true sentence.
– Ernest Hemingway