#writ

But isn't it true that an author can write only about himself? ↗

— Milan Kundera

#authority

Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we're all in this together." Brene Brown ↗

— Brené Brown

#authority

I would rather be attacked than unnoticed. For the worst thing you can do to an author is to be silent as to his works. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#literary-criticism #obscurity #writing #authority

All novels are sequels; influence is bliss. ↗

— Michael Chabon

#cliche #novels #originality #writing #influence

You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That's why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence. ↗

— Octavia E. Butler

#writing-process #persistence

Bad writing is more than a matter of shit syntax and faulty observation; bad writing usually arises from a stubborn refusal to tell stories about what people actually do -- to face the fact, let us say, that murderers sometimes help old ladies cross the street. ↗

— Stephen King

#fiction #good-writing #writing #observation

I write almost always in the third person, and I don't think the narrator is male or female anyway. They're both, and young and old, and wise and silly, and sceptical and credulous, and innocent and experienced, all at once. Narrators are not even human - they're sprites. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#writing #wise

It's amazing that a man who is dead can talk to people through these pages. As long as this books survives, his ideas live. ↗

— Christopher Paolini

#on-writing #idea

The book was long, and difficult to read, and Klaus became more and more tired as the night wore on. Occasionally his eyes would close. He found himself reading the same sentence over and over. He found himself reading the same sentence over and over. He found himself reading the same sentence over and over. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#idea

The road to hell is paved with adverbs. ↗

— Stephen King

#hell