If you have a machine with three or four parts, you can shake them up in a box and it’s still pretty clear what’s there. If you have a machine with 10,000 parts and you...

Life is a book. There are many pages to be written.

about clichés. Avoid them like the plague.

We will need to find people who will provide a safe writing space for us, where criticism comes late and love and delight come early.—from Rumors of Water: Thoughts on Creativity & Writing

Never be afraid to write what you believe. If the message speaks the truth, others will fear your words for you.

Its weird how i dream things that are worth writing.Its like God is writing them into my mind while i am sleeping and the moment i woke up i know i have to write what...

All writing is difficult. The most you can hope for is a day when it goes reasonably easily. Plumbers don’t get plumber’s block, and doctors don’t get doctor’s block; why should writers be the only...

If a writer starts worring about what he or she has left out or forgotten, they might not be able to write even a single line.

A writer who’s afraid to express their opinions is not a writer – they’re just a person with a pen.

Your writing should be filled with simple complexities and complex simplicities. Because that is life.

Storytellers think they’re writing for the audience. They’re writing, in a way, to hurt the audience.

On Writing: “A multitude of improbabilities can be forgiven as long as enough plausibility has been established.

You were meant to write this book.

I am grateful to all my readers; you inspired me to keep writing.

trans” stories for years and years. And we’re now finally at a place where we’re seeing some really positive representations of trans folks in pop culture, and there’s this new pressure — at least, I...

Too often we sit back and speak platitudes of the nitty-gritty bits of writing; the editing, the story structure, the verbal sparring vs. banter, the character development, the world-building become more important to us than...

Often as writers, we are surprised by what we learn about ourselves. It runs counter to what we’ve thought about who we are. But it is closer to the truth.

My advice to writers is this:Walk, talk, breathe, laugh, cry, fall, rise, fail, succeed, run, jump, love, hate, hide, seek, learn, work, play, feel, LIVE.Then write it down.

On Hayao MiyazakiI told Miyazaki I love the “gratuitous motion” in his films; instead of every movement being dictated by the story, sometimes people will just sit for a moment, or they will sigh, or...

You know, Francie, a lot of people would think that these stories that you’re making up all the time were terrible lies because they are not the truth as people see the truth. In the...

How do you paint a writer’s block?Just fill it with fifty shades of black.

… The Book is more important than your plans for it. You have to go with what works for The Book ~ if your ideas appear hollow or forced when they are put on paper,...

Keep working. Keep trying. Keep believing. You still might not make it, but at least you gave it your best shot. If you don’t have calluses on your soul, this isn’t for you. Take up...

I believe that we don’t choose our stories,” she began, leaning forward. “Our stories choose us.” She paused and took a sip of water. Her hand, I noticed was steady.. “And if we don’t tell...

Don’t stop writing until someone pries the pen from your cold, dead hands.

Make today the day you begin that awesome idea you have had for years. Now go, write this book, and remember that today is an important day in history.

You will do well not to write for money, not because you won’t get rich doing it, but because writing fueled by that sort of motivation becomes dull and lifeless and mediocre.

Sometimes, I’m brave.Sometimes, I’m just stubbron.

I’m going to write a novel and get it published. I’m going to do it because writing a novel is worthwhile and because I have the talent to do it.I’m going to do it because...

When I met a truly beautiful girl, I would tell her that if she spent the night with me, I would write a novel or a story about her. This usually worked; and if her...

Upon the one thing every writer absolutely must have, and that is intellectual curiosity.

Let your characters lead when you’re dancing together.

When a person sets out to learn from others and not to teach others he becomes a true writer.

It’s all mine, it’s all sacred.

We don’t read to observe the character from a distance. We read to become the character and experience the conflicts and rewards they are experiencing.

Write about what you know,” isn’t limited to what you have personally experienced. Vicarious experience is also a great part of what you know. Read a lot of history and it becomes part of your...

Let your story grow. Let it surprise you, and it will certainly surprise your readers.

Writing help us to express our thoughts, to share experiences, to think, to love, to inspire, to motivate, to challenge, to liberate, to learn, to hope, to smile and to wonder.

The writer’s silent mind is a period of intermission before orchestrating a symphony of words.

Writing starts with living.

Your first written sentence is the foundation of all of your dreams.

There are two moments worthwhile in writing, the one when you start and the other when you throw it in the waste-paper basket.

When I am grown up I shall carry a notebook—a fat book with many pages, methodically lettered. I shall enter my phrases.

Life is not a submarine.

Tell it fast before you get scared and silence yourself. You’ll never wish you’d held back a little more.

What are minnows but brief flashes? And what are thoughts? And how do you capture a brief flash, even for a second?

Repeat the mantra: Writing is when I make the words. Editing is when I make them not shitty.

I disagree with the advice of ‘write about what you know.’ Write about what you need to know, in an effort to understand.

If you were waiting for a sign that you’re meant to be a writer…THIS IS IT.

Your story must told.Live a life legacy- written book or notes.This will be there for many generations to know your rich experiences and knowledge.