Quotes of the Week

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.
—Friedrich Nietzsche

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

A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build toward it.
—Edgar Allan Poe

Nothing teaches you as much about writing dialogue as listening to it.
—Judy Blume

Style is a very simple matter; it is all rhythm. Once you get that, you can’t use the wrong words.
—Virginia Woolf

Writers don’t have lifestyles. They sit in little rooms and write.
—Norman Mailer

No story lives unless someone wants to listen. The stories we love best do live in us forever.
—J.K. Rowling

Don’t ever write anything you don’t like yourself and if you do like it, don’t take anyone else’s advice about changing it. They just don’t know.
—Raymond Chandler

Be willing and unafraid to write badly, because often the bad stuff clears the way for good, or forms a base on which to build something better.
—Jennifer Egan

The way I write is really like putting one foot in front of the other. I really let the characters do most of the work, they start talking and they just lead the way.
—Quentin Tarantino

If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.
—Stephen King