Author Quote by Willa Cather
Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen. -Willa Cather
Author Quote by Nancy Kress
Fiction is about stuff that?s screwed up. -Nancy Kress
Author Quote by Mark Twain
Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are most economical in its use. -Mark Twain
Author Quote by Barbara Kingsolver
Don?t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It?s the one and only thing you have to offer. -Barbara Kingsolver
Author Quote by Ernest Hemingway
It?s none of their business that you have to learn to write. Let them think you were born that way. -Ernest Hemingway
Author Quote by Larry Niven
You learn by writing short stories. Keep writing short stories. The money?s in novels, but writing short stories keeps your writing lean and pointed. -Larry Niven
Author Quote by Isaac Asimov
Rejection slips, or form letters, however tactfully phrased, are lacerations of the soul, if not quite inventions of the devil?but there is no way around them. -Isaac Asimov
Author Quote by Alice Munro
Anecdotes don?t make good stories. Generally I dig down underneath them so far that the story that finally comes out is not what people thought their anecdotes were about. -Alice Munro
Author Quote by Herman Melville
To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. -Herman Melville
Author Quote by Terry Pratchett
There?s no such thing as writer?s block. That was invented by people in California who couldn?t write. -Terry Pratchett