#writ

The blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#writing-craft #life

As writers we must, from our very opening sentence, speak with authority to our readers. ↗

— Michael Cunningham

#must #opening #our #readers #sentence

The idea that you're not a writer until you're published is a lie. ↗

— Andrew Vachss

#lie #published #until #writer #you

Sit down to write what you have thought, and not to think about what you shall write. ↗

— William Cobbett

#down #shall #sit #think #thought

I always think the insecurity is going to go away, but it's always there. Only bad writers think they're good. ↗

— Harlan Coben

#away #bad #go #go away #going

I can write pretty much anywhere if you give me time and some quiet. The home is not usually the best place because I have four children. It's usually pandemonium around here! ↗

— Harlan Coben

#around #because #best #children #four

I never bought the excuse of not having time to write. If you really want to do it, you're either going to find those hours or eventually decide not to be a writer. ↗

— Harlan Coben

#decide #either #eventually #excuse #find

Life may not always fall into neat chapters, and you may not always get the satisfying ending you're looking for, but sometimes a good explanation is all the rewrite you need. ↗

— Harlan Coben

#chapters #ending #explanation #fall #get

My house has too many distractions. There's the email. There's checking my Amazon ranking. I know I'm the only author who's ever done that, ever. There's the fax. Too many distractions. I like to go out and write. ↗

— Harlan Coben

#author #checking #distractions #done #email

The readers are the ones who let us live our dreams. I try to write books which are really compelling - that you'd take on vacation and rather than going out, you'd read in your hotel room because you had to find out what happened. Hopefully that's what readers are responding to. ↗

— Harlan Coben

#books #compelling #dreams #find #going