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Writer Quotes

If you’re a writer, your first duty, a duty you owe to yourself and your readers, and to your writing itself, is to become wonderful. To become the best writer you can possibly be Picture Quote #1

If you’re a writer, you’ve chosen art as a way of life. You must accept that some will like your work and others will not. It’s the life you chose, so live with it and don’t complain Picture Quote #1

A writer has many tools: eyes, ears, nose, sensations, thoughts feelings and imagination. The tools can construct a house of stories Picture Quote #1

Don’t put down too many roots in terms of a domicile. I have lived in four countries and I think my life as a writer and our family’s life have been enriched by this. I think a writer has to experience new environments. There is that adage: No man can really succeed if he doesn’t move away from where he was born. I believe it is particularly true for the writer Picture Quote #1

When I read students’ attempts at creative writing it is obvious immediately that most of them have not read much or widely. The aspiring writer must read everything he or she can to appreciate the myriad ways words are used and to what effect Picture Quote #1

How often I have tried to tell writing students that the first thing a writer must do is love the reader and wish the reader well. The writer must trust the reader to be at least as intelligent as he is. Only in such well wishing and trust, only when the writer feels he is writing a letter to a good friend, only then will the magic happen Picture Quote #1

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Reading is, at its best, not an escape; it is genuine experience. A novel is not a monologue, but a conversation, a collaboration between writer and reader, an invaluable exchange of human conditions Picture Quote #1

Science fiction invites the writer to grandly explore alternative worlds and pose questions about meaning and destiny Picture Quote #1

A writer is the one who loves to write... on and about anything... And this clears that I am a writer!! Picture Quote #1

If you wait for inspiration to write you’re not a writer, you’re a waiter Picture Quote #1

It’s not that I bounce ideas off of my children as much as it is that having children has had a profound effect on the way I see the world. They have mined my soul. They’ve made me a better person and therefore a more empathetic writer Picture Quote #1

No matter how big a name you are, how many big series you’ve been in or how good looking you are, in the end, all actors are secondary to the writer Picture Quote #1

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Long fiction is wonderful and you can lose yourself in it as a reader and as a writer, but short stories don’t allow the same kind of immersion. Often the best stories hold you back and make you witness them. This may be one of the reasons some people reject the form. That and the fact that they are harder work to read. A story will not let you get comfortable and settle in. It is like a stool that is so small that you must always be aware of sitting Picture Quote #1

Never believe anything you think about yourself as a writer when you’re not writing Picture Quote #1

I believe that any form of writing exercise is good for you. I also believe that any form of tuition which helps develop your awareness of the different properties, styles, and effects of writing is good for you. It helps you become a better reader, more sensitive to nuance, and a better writer, more sensitive to audience. Texting language is no different from other innovative forms of written expression that have emerged in the past. It is a type of language whose communicative strengths and weaknesses need to be appreciated Picture Quote #1

Every writer is working from his own individual world view, and that can become as characteristic as a fingerprint Picture Quote #1

The writer has the advantage of a medium that can be contemplated many times over on the pages of a book or a magazine. The words lie on the page and the writer has an extended opportunity to imprint on his reader every meaning and nuance distilled from experience Picture Quote #1

Your only responsibility as a writer is to be true to the story that has chosen you as its writer Picture Quote #1

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To be an honest writer, you have to be away from home, and totally alone in life Picture Quote #1

Your success as a writer will probably not depend on how well you write so much as in how you handle rejections Picture Quote #1

In fact, one could argue that the skill of the fiction writer boils down to the ability to exploit intensity Picture Quote #1

The world doesn’t fully make sense until the writer has secured his version of it on the page. And the act of writing is strangely more lifelike than life….every person who does serious time with a keyboard is attempting to translate his version of the world into words so that he might be understood…. Your job is to marshal the talent you do have and find people who believe in your work. What’s important, finally, is that you create, and that those creations define for you what matters most, that which cannot be extinguished even in the face of silence, solitude, and rejection Picture Quote #1

The writer labors in isolation, yet all that intensive, lonely work is in the service of communicating, is an attempt to reach another person Picture Quote #1

A photographer is like a writer... you’re writing with your lens so make sure you tell a good story Picture Quote #1

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If a writer is convinced that he is honest, then it is very difficult for him to be a bad writer Picture Quote #1

There are three things you need to be a good writer: you need to read a lot, you need to write a lot, and you need a lot of feedback Picture Quote #1

People make interesting assumptions about the profession. The writer is a mysterious figure, wandering lonely as a cloud, fired by inspiration, or perhaps a cocktail or two Picture Quote #1

The power of language, it seems to me, is the only kind of power a writer is entitled to Picture Quote #1

Every writer I admire is my teacher. If you look at it, and if you care to read carefully enough and to read and reread a text, you teach yourself something about craft Picture Quote #1

There is no right or wrong way to write a novel. Each journey is different for every individual work and for every writer. The first error is never to begin; the second is never to finish Picture Quote #1

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If you’re a writer, your first duty, a duty you owe to yourself and your readers, and to your writing itself, is to become wonderful. To become the best writer you can possibly be (Writer Quotes) If you’re a writer, you’ve chosen art as a way of life. You must accept that some will like your work and others will not. It’s the life you chose, so live with it and don’t complain (Writer Quotes) A writer has many tools: eyes, ears, nose, sensations, thoughts feelings and imagination. The tools can construct a house of stories (Writer Quotes) Don’t put down too many roots in terms of a domicile. I have lived in four countries and I think my life as a writer and our family’s life have been enriched by this. I think a writer has to experience new environments. There is that adage: No man can really succeed if he doesn’t move away from where he was born. I believe it is particularly true for the writer (Writer Quotes) When I read students’ attempts at creative writing it is obvious immediately that most of them have not read much or widely. The aspiring writer must read everything he or she can to appreciate the myriad ways words are used and to what effect (Writer Quotes) How often I have tried to tell writing students that the first thing a writer must do is love the reader and wish the reader well. The writer must trust the reader to be at least as intelligent as he is. Only in such well wishing and trust, only when the writer feels he is writing a letter to a good friend, only then will the magic happen (Writer Quotes) Reading is, at its best, not an escape; it is genuine experience. A novel is not a monologue, but a conversation, a collaboration between writer and reader, an invaluable exchange of human conditions (Writer Quotes) Science fiction invites the writer to grandly explore alternative worlds and pose questions about meaning and destiny (Writer Quotes) A writer is the one who loves to write... on and about anything... And this clears that I am a writer!! (Writer Quotes) If you wait for inspiration to write you’re not a writer, you’re a waiter (Writer Quotes) It’s not that I bounce ideas off of my children as much as it is that having children has had a profound effect on the way I see the world. They have mined my soul. They’ve made me a better person and therefore a more empathetic writer (Writer Quotes) No matter how big a name you are, how many big series you’ve been in or how good looking you are, in the end, all actors are secondary to the writer (Writer Quotes) Long fiction is wonderful and you can lose yourself in it as a reader and as a writer, but short stories don’t allow the same kind of immersion. Often the best stories hold you back and make you witness them. This may be one of the reasons some people reject the form. That and the fact that they are harder work to read. A story will not let you get comfortable and settle in. It is like a stool that is so small that you must always be aware of sitting (Writer Quotes) Never believe anything you think about yourself as a writer when you’re not writing (Writer Quotes) I believe that any form of writing exercise is good for you. I also believe that any form of tuition which helps develop your awareness of the different properties, styles, and effects of writing is good for you. It helps you become a better reader, more sensitive to nuance, and a better writer, more sensitive to audience. Texting language is no different from other innovative forms of written expression that have emerged in the past. It is a type of language whose communicative strengths and weaknesses need to be appreciated (Writer Quotes) Every writer is working from his own individual world view, and that can become as characteristic as a fingerprint (Writer Quotes) The writer has the advantage of a medium that can be contemplated many times over on the pages of a book or a magazine. The words lie on the page and the writer has an extended opportunity to imprint on his reader every meaning and nuance distilled from experience (Writer Quotes) Your only responsibility as a writer is to be true to the story that has chosen you as its writer (Writer Quotes) To be an honest writer, you have to be away from home, and totally alone in life (Writer Quotes) Your success as a writer will probably not depend on how well you write so much as in how you handle rejections (Writer Quotes) In fact, one could argue that the skill of the fiction writer boils down to the ability to exploit intensity (Writer Quotes) The world doesn’t fully make sense until the writer has secured his version of it on the page. And the act of writing is strangely more lifelike than life….every person who does serious time with a keyboard is attempting to translate his version of the world into words so that he might be understood…. Your job is to marshal the talent you do have and find people who believe in your work. What’s important, finally, is that you create, and that those creations define for you what matters most, that which cannot be extinguished even in the face of silence, solitude, and rejection (Writer Quotes) The writer labors in isolation, yet all that intensive, lonely work is in the service of communicating, is an attempt to reach another person (Writer Quotes) A photographer is like a writer... you’re writing with your lens so make sure you tell a good story (Writer Quotes) If a writer is convinced that he is honest, then it is very difficult for him to be a bad writer (Writer Quotes) There are three things you need to be a good writer: you need to read a lot, you need to write a lot, and you need a lot of feedback (Writer Quotes) People make interesting assumptions about the profession. The writer is a mysterious figure, wandering lonely as a cloud, fired by inspiration, or perhaps a cocktail or two (Writer Quotes) The power of language, it seems to me, is the only kind of power a writer is entitled to (Writer Quotes) Every writer I admire is my teacher. If you look at it, and if you care to read carefully enough and to read and reread a text, you teach yourself something about craft (Writer Quotes) There is no right or wrong way to write a novel. Each journey is different for every individual work and for every writer. The first error is never to begin; the second is never to finish (Writer Quotes)

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