Quotes on “writing”

We remember the past, live in the present, and write the future.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.

Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.

Put your soul in the palm of my hand for me to look at, like a crystal jewel. I'll sketch it in words...

You rely too much on brain. The brain is the most overrated organ.

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.

Like madness is the glory of this life.

The true alchemists do not change lead into gold; they change the world into words.

Cynics are simply thwarted romantics.

A writer must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid.

Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but it's the only way you can do anything good.

If a story is in you, it has to come out.

In writing, you must kill all your darlings.

Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.

Always carry a notebook. And I mean always. The short-term memory only retains information for three minutes; unless it is committed to paper you can lose an idea for ever.