A writer paradoxically seeks the truth and tells lies every step of the way. – Anne Lamott
Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures. — Jessamyn West
Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen. — Willa Cather
You must find your own quiet center of life, and write from that to the world. — Sarah Orne Jewett
Good writing is bad writing that was rewritten. –Marc Raibert
As a writer you are free … You are the country where you make up the rules, the laws. You are both dictator and obedient populace. It is a country nobody has ever explored before. It is up to you to make the maps, to build the cities. Nobody else in the world can do it, or ever could do it, or ever will be able to do it again. — Ursula K. Le Guin
Write a first draft as though you were thinking aloud, not carving a monument. — Patricia T. O’Connor
When people tell you something’s wrong or doesn’t work for them, they are almost always right. When they tell you exactly what they think is wrong and how to fix it, they are almost always wrong. — Neil Gaiman
In writing fiction, the more fantastic the tale, the plainer the prose should be. Don’t ask your readers to admire your words when you want them to believe your story. — Ben Bova
The role of the writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say. — Anais Nin
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