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The way to write a book is to actually write a book. A pen is useful, typing is also good. Keep putting words on the page Picture Quote #1

In the big picture I write for an audience of people I’ve never met. By the final draft I’m looking for anything in the prose that’s prospectively boring to strangers Picture Quote #1

Write from the soul, not from some notion what you think the marketplace wants. The market is fickle; the soul is eternal Picture Quote #1

I refuse to write the same story twice. I keep experimenting. I keep learning how to work. I’ve been at it pretty much 50 years, and I’m now beginning to learn how to do the job well Picture Quote #1

If you don’t allow yourself the possibility of writing something very, very bad, it would be hard to write something very good Picture Quote #1

When you start, the world of publishing seems like a great cathedral citadel of talent, resisting attempts to let you inside. It isn’t like that at all. It may be more difficult now, and take longer than when I started to write, but there’s a great, empty warehouse out there looking for simple talent Picture Quote #1

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Women do not always have to write about women, or gay men about gay men. Indeed, something good and new might happen if they did not Picture Quote #1

So this is always the key: you have to write the book you love, the book that’s alive in your heart. That’s the one you have to write Picture Quote #1

Write what you care about and understand. Writers should never try to outguess the marketplace in search of a salable idea; the simple truth is that all good books will eventually find a publisher if the writer tries hard enough, and a central secret to writing a good book is to write on that people like you will enjoy Picture Quote #1

An author must learn the principles of good storytelling only in order to write better from the heart Picture Quote #1

Readers take in dialogue one thought at a time. A frequent mistake of beginners is to combine thoughts, which may be suitable for other forms of writing but not for dialogue. Another mistake is speechifying. Three sentences at a time is tops, yet many beginners write speeches that go on and on Picture Quote #1

I know that I’m a real writer because sometimes I write a story just because I want to; not because someone’s told me to Picture Quote #1

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You never learn how to write a novel. You just learn how to write the novel that you’re writing Picture Quote #1

I have no interest in teaching writers how to sell. I want to teach them how to write. If the process is sound, the product will take care of itself, and sales are likely to follow Picture Quote #1

It’s very hard to write about that which is always beautiful and pleasant and good. You don’t get anywhere with it. There’s no friction in it. There’s no trouble. You have to have trouble. Somebody’s got to get in trouble, or no one wants to read it Picture Quote #1

When I write a page that reads badly I know that it is myself who has written it. When it reads well it has come through from somewhere else Picture Quote #1

The first thing a writer has to do is find another source of income. Then, after you have begged, borrowed, stolen or saved up the money to give you time to write and you spend all of it staying alive while you write, and you write your heart out, after all that, maybe no one will publish it, and if they publish it, maybe no one will read it. That is the hard truth, that is what it means to be a writer Picture Quote #1

Don’t write with a pen. Ink tends to give the impression the words shouldn’t be changed Picture Quote #1

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If I were to offer any advice to young writers, it would be this: be discriminating and be discerning about the work you set for yourself. That done, be the untutored traveler, the eager reader, the enthusiastic listener. Put what you learn together carefully, and then write thoughtfully, with respect both for the reader and your sources Picture Quote #1

I write the big scenes first, that is, the scenes that carry the meaning of the book, the emotional experience Picture Quote #1

Even if I could not earn a penny from my writing, I would earn my livelihood at something else and continue to write at night Picture Quote #1

The longer I write, the more important I believe it is to write the first draft as fast as possible. In drafting, I push myself so I am at the edge of discomfort... Later, it will be time for consideration and reconsideration, slow, careful revision and editing. But on the first draft I have to achieve velocity, just as you do if you want the bike to balance Picture Quote #1

If you take photos, don’t speak, don’t write, don’t analyze yourself, and don’t answer any questions Picture Quote #1

All fiction relies on the real world in the sense that we all take in the world through our five senses and we accumulate details, consciously or subconsciously. This accumulation of detail can be drawn on when you write fiction Picture Quote #1

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Let those who will write the nation’s laws, if I can write its textbooks Picture Quote #1

If the world goes crazy for a lovely fossil, that’s fine with me. But if that fossil releases some kind of mysterious brain ray that makes people say crazy things and write lazy articles, a serious swarm of flies ends up in my ointment Picture Quote #1

How much there is I want to do! I always feel that I haven’t time to accomplish what I wish. I want to read much. I wanted to write a great deal. I want to make money Picture Quote #1

My technicians are my most important tools. Once I establish a rapport with them, then they would understand me in my next film. I wouldn’t have to train anyone new. I give a lot of respect to all my technicians, because I’m a technician too. I wouldn’t be able to convey a feeling if the writer didn’t write it well, and the cameraman didn’t shoot it well Picture Quote #1

We should think more about it, and accustom ourselves to the thought of death. We can’t allow the fear of death to creep up on us unexpectedly. We have to make the fear familiar, and one way is to write about it. I don’t think writing and thinking about death is characteristic only of old men. I think that if people began thinking about death sooner, they’d make fewer foolish mistakes Picture Quote #1

Don’t market yourself. Editors and readers don’t know what they want until they see it. Scratch what itches. Write what you need to write, feed the hunger for meaning in your life. Play at the serious questions of life and death Picture Quote #1

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The way to write a book is to actually write a book. A pen is useful, typing is also good. Keep putting words on the page (Write Quotes) In the big picture I write for an audience of people I’ve never met. By the final draft I’m looking for anything in the prose that’s prospectively boring to strangers (Write Quotes) Write from the soul, not from some notion what you think the marketplace wants. The market is fickle; the soul is eternal (Write Quotes) I refuse to write the same story twice. I keep experimenting. I keep learning how to work. I’ve been at it pretty much 50 years, and I’m now beginning to learn how to do the job well (Write Quotes) If you don’t allow yourself the possibility of writing something very, very bad, it would be hard to write something very good (Write Quotes) When you start, the world of publishing seems like a great cathedral citadel of talent, resisting attempts to let you inside. It isn’t like that at all. It may be more difficult now, and take longer than when I started to write, but there’s a great, empty warehouse out there looking for simple talent (Write Quotes) Women do not always have to write about women, or gay men about gay men. Indeed, something good and new might happen if they did not (Write Quotes) So this is always the key: you have to write the book you love, the book that’s alive in your heart. That’s the one you have to write (Write Quotes) Write what you care about and understand. Writers should never try to outguess the marketplace in search of a salable idea; the simple truth is that all good books will eventually find a publisher if the writer tries hard enough, and a central secret to writing a good book is to write on that people like you will enjoy (Write Quotes) An author must learn the principles of good storytelling only in order to write better from the heart (Write Quotes) Readers take in dialogue one thought at a time. A frequent mistake of beginners is to combine thoughts, which may be suitable for other forms of writing but not for dialogue. Another mistake is speechifying. Three sentences at a time is tops, yet many beginners write speeches that go on and on (Write Quotes) I know that I’m a real writer because sometimes I write a story just because I want to; not because someone’s told me to (Write Quotes) You never learn how to write a novel. You just learn how to write the novel that you’re writing (Write Quotes) I have no interest in teaching writers how to sell. I want to teach them how to write. If the process is sound, the product will take care of itself, and sales are likely to follow (Write Quotes) It’s very hard to write about that which is always beautiful and pleasant and good. You don’t get anywhere with it. There’s no friction in it. There’s no trouble. You have to have trouble. Somebody’s got to get in trouble, or no one wants to read it (Write Quotes) When I write a page that reads badly I know that it is myself who has written it. When it reads well it has come through from somewhere else (Write Quotes) The first thing a writer has to do is find another source of income. Then, after you have begged, borrowed, stolen or saved up the money to give you time to write and you spend all of it staying alive while you write, and you write your heart out, after all that, maybe no one will publish it, and if they publish it, maybe no one will read it. That is the hard truth, that is what it means to be a writer (Write Quotes) Don’t write with a pen. Ink tends to give the impression the words shouldn’t be changed (Write Quotes) If I were to offer any advice to young writers, it would be this: be discriminating and be discerning about the work you set for yourself. That done, be the untutored traveler, the eager reader, the enthusiastic listener. Put what you learn together carefully, and then write thoughtfully, with respect both for the reader and your sources (Write Quotes) I write the big scenes first, that is, the scenes that carry the meaning of the book, the emotional experience (Write Quotes) Even if I could not earn a penny from my writing, I would earn my livelihood at something else and continue to write at night (Write Quotes) The longer I write, the more important I believe it is to write the first draft as fast as possible. In drafting, I push myself so I am at the edge of discomfort... Later, it will be time for consideration and reconsideration, slow, careful revision and editing. But on the first draft I have to achieve velocity, just as you do if you want the bike to balance (Write Quotes) If you take photos, don’t speak, don’t write, don’t analyze yourself, and don’t answer any questions (Write Quotes) All fiction relies on the real world in the sense that we all take in the world through our five senses and we accumulate details, consciously or subconsciously. This accumulation of detail can be drawn on when you write fiction (Write Quotes) Let those who will write the nation’s laws, if I can write its textbooks (Write Quotes) If the world goes crazy for a lovely fossil, that’s fine with me. But if that fossil releases some kind of mysterious brain ray that makes people say crazy things and write lazy articles, a serious swarm of flies ends up in my ointment (Write Quotes) How much there is I want to do! I always feel that I haven’t time to accomplish what I wish. I want to read much. I wanted to write a great deal. I want to make money (Write Quotes) My technicians are my most important tools. Once I establish a rapport with them, then they would understand me in my next film. I wouldn’t have to train anyone new. I give a lot of respect to all my technicians, because I’m a technician too. I wouldn’t be able to convey a feeling if the writer didn’t write it well, and the cameraman didn’t shoot it well (Write Quotes) We should think more about it, and accustom ourselves to the thought of death. We can’t allow the fear of death to creep up on us unexpectedly. We have to make the fear familiar, and one way is to write about it. I don’t think writing and thinking about death is characteristic only of old men. I think that if people began thinking about death sooner, they’d make fewer foolish mistakes (Write Quotes) Don’t market yourself. Editors and readers don’t know what they want until they see it. Scratch what itches. Write what you need to write, feed the hunger for meaning in your life. Play at the serious questions of life and death (Write Quotes)

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