Famous Quotes From Famous Writers
Frank Victoria
Political Thriller Author of award winning The Founders’ Plot. Novellas. Screenwriter for RomCom, Fantasy. Las Vegas was a favorite—enjoys blackjack, craps, and poker accompanied by the perfect vodka or margarita. Ole!
Since I wrote my first novel 14 years ago, I’ve been stunned at how many people want to be authors and/or screenwriters. I first noticed it when I attended numerous author workshops and conferences. They were all filled to capacity. When I started to write screenplays and sending them to Film Festivals and screenplay competitions, I noted that literally thousands of scripts had been submitted too each of them.
There must be millions of people around the world who want to write novels and screenplays. So, I did some research to find quotes on writing from famous writers.
Below are some of my favorites.
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“There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
— Somerset Maugham
“The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter. 'tis the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.”
— Mark Twain
“All you have to do is write one true sentence. Writer the truest sentence that you know.”
—Ernest Hemingway
“I had learned already never to empty the well of my writing, but always to stop when there was still something there in the deep part of the well, and let it refill at night from the springs that fed it.”?
—Ernest Hemingway
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“Being a writer is a very peculiar sort of job: It's always you versus a blank sheet of paper (or a blank screen) and quite often the blank piece of paper wins.”
— Neil Gaiman
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“Writing is the only thing that when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else.”
—Gloria Steinem
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“Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.”
—Issac Asimov
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“Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.”
—Louis L'Amour
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“You fail only if you stop writing.”
—Ray Bradbury
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“First, find out what your hero wants, then just follow him!”
—Ray Bradbury
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“[Be] willing to write really badly.”
— Jennifer Egan
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“I can't write without a reader. It's precisely like a kiss—you can't do it alone.”
— John Cheever
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“The mark of a master is to select only a few moments but to give us a lifetime.”
—Robert McKee
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“So, the writer who breeds more words than he needs is making a chore for the reader who reads.”
—Dr. Seuss
“It is only by?writing, not dreaming about it, that we develop our own style.”
—PD James
“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”
—Benjamin Franklin
“I try to create sympathy for my characters, then turn the monsters loose.’
—Stephen King
“A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word on paper.”
— E. B. White
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“I have been successful probably because I have always realized that I knew nothing about writing and have merely tried to tell an interesting story entertainingly.”
—Edgar Rice Burroughs
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“Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different style.”
—R. L. Stine
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Frank
Frank Victoria is an award-winning author and screenwriter. He’s been an Amazon bestseller with his recent book,The Founders’ Plot, a political thriller for our times. He donates proceeds of his books to Tunnels to Towers and Fisher House, helping military veterans and first responders. His novella,The Ultimate Bet is available on his website and Amazon. Check out his new website:Frank M. Victoria
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