Because every
story begins
with words

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Socially, a journalist fits in somewhere between a whore and a bartender. But spiritually he stands beside Galileo. He knows the world is round.

Sherman Reilly Duffy

Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade, just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself.

Truman Capote Quote

Do you know what a playwright is? A playwright is someone who lets his guts hang out on the stage.

Edward Albee

Good instincts usually tell you what to do long before your head has figured it out.

Michael Burke

A writer without interest or sympathy for the foibles of his fellow man is not conceivable as a writer.

Joseph Conrad

Read a thousand books and your words will flow like a river.

Lisa See

Biography should be written by an acute enemy.

Arthur Balfour

Just don’t be boring!

Robert Liebmann

Have something to say, and say it as clearly as you can. That is the only secret.

Matthew Arnold

The reason 99% of all stories written are not bought by editors is very simple. Editors never buy manuscripts that are left on the closet shelf at home.

John Campbell

Easy reading is damn hard writing.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

I’m writing a book. I’ve got the page numbers done.

Stephen Wright

It’s an accepted fact that all writers are crazy; even the normal ones are weird.

William Goldman

I have a structured songwriting process. I start with the music and try to come up with musical ideas, then the melody, then the hook, and the lyrics come last.

John Legend

It begins with a character, usually, and once he stands up on his feet and begins to move, all I can do is trot along behind him with a paper and pencil, trying to keep up long enough to put down what he says and does.

William Faulkner

It always comes down to characters, and individual stories about courage.

Steven Bochco

Thank your readers and the critics who praise you, and then ignore them. Write for the most intelligent, wittiest, wisest audience in the universe: Write to please yourself.

Harlan Ellison

Writers aren’t people exactly. Or, if they’re any good, they’re a whole lot of people trying so hard to be one person.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Anecdotes don’t make good stories. Generally, I dig down underneath them so far that the story that finally comes out is not what people thought their anecdotes were about.

Alice Munro

What I loved most about calling myself a reporter was that it gave me an excuse to show up anyplace.

Jeanette Walls