A novel is an impression, not an argument; and there the matter must rest.
The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes.
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.
Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
All readers come to fiction as willing accomplices to your lies. Such is the basic goodwill contract made the moment we pick up a work of fiction.
The best effect of any book is that it excites the reader to self-activity.
I don’t think of literature as an end in itself. It’s just a way of communicating something.
All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened.
Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.
Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.
Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.
If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.
Love is the only energy I’ve ever used as a writer. I’ve never written out of anger, although anger has informed love.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
To live a creative life we must first lose the fear of being wrong.
Writing a novel is like heading out over the open sea in a small boat. It helps if you have a plan and a course laid out.
A real book is not one that’s read, but one that reads us.
Never tell a story because it is true: tell it because it is a good story.
Novels begin not on the page, but in meditation and daydreaming—in thinking, not writing.
The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You’re there, listening to every word, but part of you is observing. Everything is useful to a writer, you see—every scrap, even the longest and most boring of luncheon parties.
Don't take rest after your first victory..
Because if you fail in second,more lips are waiting to say that Your first victory was just luck ..
By: Dr.A.P.J ABDUL KALAM
Being a writer means taking the leap from listening to saying, “Listen to me”.
Inspiration is wonderful when it happens, but the writer must develop an approach for the rest of the time.
Writing is like sex; you don’t have to wait until you’re an expert to begin doing it.