I like writing that puts the needle right into the vein. I don't think, when I'm writing, "Tell a good story" or "find a meaning." I'm thinking phrase by phrase, make it tight, make it good. Get the...

You can never know enough about your characters

The secret of being a successful writer is - - write. Every writer deserves that chance.

I want to assure you with all earnestness, that no writing is a waste of time, — no creative work where the feelings, the imagination, the intelligence must work. With every sentence you write, you...

For the real writers, every decision is either write or wrong.

The best writers I've read possess oodles of self-doubt, yet claw their way up with each work and remain humble. Boastful ones, not so much.

My Characters Tell ME Where THEY Want to Go.

An author who does not support his or her characters does not deserve the support of readers. EVER!

The art of writing is not as solitary as one might think. When it finally dawns on us one day that our task as writers is to share what we know of the human spirit, we suddenly discover that we were...

Writing is just building a new world – one character, one place, one maniac at a time.

The kindest thing you can offer an author is a review and a star rating. So appreciated. THE GOLDEN PEACOCK has had a successful 5-star run on Goodreads and on Amazon. Thank you! Lauren B. Grossman

If you want to be a writer - - stop talking about it! Sit down and write. - Jackie Collins

The nastiest kind of writer is a ghostwriter, who bears people's children in their body for money.

Writers do not find subjects; subjects find them.

Write for a cause, NOT PRAISE. Write to express, NOT TO IMPRESS. Writing isn't just about being noticed… IT'S BEING REMEMBERED.

I've received two key pieces of advice in regard to my books. The first is, You should lay off the f - bombs. The other is, You should add more f - bombs.

You might say, as you tirelessly said of my stories, at least of the adjectives, that I should render the evidence, not render the verdict... {"Conveyance: The Story I would Not Want Bill Wilson To...

Fear is felt by writers at every level. Anxiety accompanies the first word they put on paper and the last.

Action is the pulse of any good story, but the character is the heart. If the action has no consequence to the character, the story loses heart.

I get annoyed when a self-indulgent writer just shows off what he knows but doesn't really tell a story. To me, storytelling is first a craft. Then if you're lucky, it becomes an art form. But first,...

"What's so great about writing?" "You can make anything true."

When I write after dark the shades of evening scatter their purple through my prose.

Only write a story that only you can write.

There is no such thing as a good writer and a bad liar.

If you are destined to become a writer, you can't help it. If you can help it, you aren't destined to become a writer. The frustrations and disappointments, not even to mention the unspeakable...

Good novels are written by people who are not frightened.

The joy of writing. The power of preserving. Revenge of a mortal hand.

The secret is not to write about what you love best, but about what you, alone, love at all.

Our hero regains consciousness at the feet of a sarcastic alien.

You can't blame a writer for what the characters say.