Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.
Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.
A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.
Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
A real book is not one that’s read, but one that reads us.
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
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.
A writer can do nothing for men more necessary, satisfying, than just simply to reveal to them the infinite possibilities of their own souls.
Instead of following the rules without regard for whether they’re making our writing effective or not, we often need to question the rules. To write with style, we need at times to break the rules.
Exercise the writing muscle every day, even if it is only a letter, notes, a title list, a character sketch, a journal entry. Writers are like dancers, like athletes. Without that exercise, the muscles seize up.
Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader—not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.
Inspiration is a guest that does not willingly visit the lazy.
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.
If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit.
Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
Being a writer means taking the leap from listening to saying, “Listen to me”.