#rite

I think film had a terrible effect on horror fiction particularly in the 80s, with certain writers turning out stuff as slick and cliched as Hollywood movies. ↗

— Poppy Z. Brite

#cliched #effect #fiction #film #had

I've always said it took me 20 years to find out how to write a song in 20 minutes. ↗

— Bart Howard

#find #how #i #me #minutes

'Made it as a writer'? I'm still wondering if I've made it as a writer. I've made it as a published writer of the type of SF that I want to write and read, but I'm still waiting for that big breakthrough. ↗

— Eric Brown

#breakthrough #i #made #published #read

I think it's a short story writer's duty, as well as writing well about emotions and characters, to write story. ↗

— Eric Brown

#characters #duty #emotions #i #i think

Women who are inclined to write poetry at all are inspired by being mad at something. ↗

— Amy Clampitt

#being mad #inclined #inspired #mad #poetry

Never give up. And most importantly, be true to yourself. Write from your heart, in your own voice, and about what you believe in. ↗

— Louise Brown

#be true #believe #give #heart #importantly

I came to write after several mini careers. I did live theatre, managed a cosmetics store and was a local television personality. ↗

— Sandra Brown

#came #careers #cosmetics #did #i

I think of my books now as suspense novels, usually with a love story incorporated. They're absolutely a lot harder to write than romances. They take more plotting and real character development. ↗

— Sandra Brown

#books #character #character development #development #harder

I do like to write but I also like to get and out and play. I am losing track of all the Cooper versions that I do - I have one for Iceland, different one over here. ↗

— Michael Owen Bruce

#am #cooper #different #get #here

It is one of the paradoxes of American literature that our writers are forever looking back with love and nostalgia at lives they couldn't wait to leave. ↗

— Anatole Broyard

#american literature #back #forever #leave #literature