Quotes of the Week

Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It's the one and only thing you have to offer.
—Barbara Kingsolver

I made mistakes in drama. I thought drama was when actors cried. But drama is when the audience cries.
—Frank Capra

I write only when inspirations strikes. Fortunately it strikes every morning at nine o'clock sharp.
—W. Somerset Maugham

I do not write with ease, nor am I ever pleased with anything I write. And so I rewrite.
—Margaret Mitchell

If your book doesn't keep you up nights writing it, it won't keep anyone up nights reading it.
—James A. Michener

I'm a writer and, therefore, automatically a suspicious character.
—Alfred Hitchcock