Writing From Famous Authors Quotes

Writing From Famous Authors Quotes by Stephen King, Willa Cather, Gilbert K. Chesterton, E. L. Doctorow, Elmore Leonard, Herman Melville and many others.

If you don't have the time to read, you don't have the

If you don’t have the time to read, you don’t have the time or the tools to write.
Stephen King
Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.
Willa Cather
The road to hell is paved with adverbs.
Stephen King
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.
E. L. Doctorow
All the information you need can be given in dialogue.
Elmore Leonard
To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
Herman Melville
There’s no money in poetry, but then there’s no poetry in money, either.
Robert Graves
The scariest moment is always just before you start.
Stephen King
You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.
Madeleine L’Engle
There’s no such thing as writer’s block. That was invented by people in California who couldn’t write.
Terry Pratchett
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Samuel Johnson
The road to Hell is paved with unbought stuffed dogs.
Ernest Hemingway
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
Maya Angelou
Writers are always selling somebody out.
Joan Didion
Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
Anton Chekhov
First, find out what your hero wants, then just follow him.
Ray Bradbury