“The best advice is not to write what you know, it’s to write what you like.”
“All the things that live within you find their place, in character and story, once you tap into that other space that is the creative writing space.”
“The one thing emphasized in any creative writing course is ‘write what you know,’ and that automatically drives a wooden stake through the heart of imagination. If they really understood the mysterious process of creating fiction, they would say, ‘You can write about anything you can imagine.'”
“Writing isn’t about making money, getting famous, getting dates, getting laid, or making friends. In the end, it’s about enriching the lives of those who will read your work, and enriching your own life, as well. It’s about getting up, getting well, and getting over. Getting happy, okay? Getting happy.”
“Don’t write for money. Write because you love to do something. If you write for money, you won’t write anything worth reading.” ~ Ray Bradbury
“A piece of creative writing, like a day-dream, is a continuation of, and a substitute for, what was once the play of childhood.”
“Becoming a writer means being creative enough to find the time and the place in your life for writing.”
“If you can tell stories, create characters, devise incidents, and have sincerity and passion, it doesn’t matter a damn how you write.” ~ W. Somerset Maugham
“People on the outside think there’s something magical about writing, that you go up in the attic at midnight and cast the bones and come down in the morning with a story, but it isn’t like that. You sit in back of the typewriter and you work, and that’s all there is to it.”~ Harlan Ellison
“I focus on characters as individuals with attitudes and write each scene from a particular character’s point of view. That way, even narrative passages take on the character’s sound. I don’t want the reader to be aware of me, writing.”
