Open your mind to new experiences, particularly to the study of other people. Nothing that happens to a writer – however happy, however tragic – is ever wasted.
– P.D. James
Tag: people
Quotable 408
People are always coming up with new theories of the novel, but the main one is: Hold My Attention.
– Margaret Atwood
Quotable 404
If people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them.
– George Orwell
Quotable 370
The only way to write a book, I’m fond of telling people, is to actually write a book. That’s how you write a book.
– Anne Enright
Quotable 328
Books aren’t about places or premises, just like watching sports isn’t about the stadium or the sponsors. It’s about the people.
– J.S. Morin
Quotable 316
Writers; yes you should write what you know. But you can change what you know at any point. Talk to different people. Read different books.
– Jay Stringer
haiku 421
dentist –
people with perfect teeth
smile from the walls
Quotable 217
Basically, fiction is about people. You can’t write fiction about ideas.
– Theodore Sturgeon
Quotable 202
What people are ashamed of usually makes a good story.
– F. Scott Fitzgerald
Quotable 120
Somebody gets into trouble, then gets out of it again. People love that story. They never get tired of it.
– Kurt Vonnegut