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Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are most economical in its use.
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The reader has certain rights. He bought your story. Think of this as an implicit contract. He's entitled to be entertained, instructed, amused; maybe all three. If he quits in the middle, or puts the book down feeling his time has been wasted, you're in violation.
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Writing is the hardest work in the world. I have been a bricklayer and a truck driver, and I tell you – as if you haven't been told a million times already – that writing is harder. Lonelier. And nobler and more enriching.
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The road to Hell is paved with unbought stuffed dogs.
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The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion rested solely on my suspicion that I would never be fit for real work, and that writing didn't require any.
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There are no dull subjects. There are only dull writers.
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Exercise the writing muscle every day.
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Literature is all, or mostly, about sex.
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Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.
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When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing.
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A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
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And we edit to let the fire show through the smoke.
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I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.
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First, find out what your hero wants, then just follow him.
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How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
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I notice that you use plain, simple language, short words and brief sentences. That is the way to write English - it is the modern way and the best way. Stick to it; don't let fluff and flowers and verbosity creep in.
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Write without pay until somebody offers to pay.
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The road to hell is paved with adverbs.
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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.
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We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.
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The art of writing is the art of applying the seat of the pants to the seat of the chair.
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Nature fits all her children with something to do, he who would write and can't write, can surely review.
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The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.
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It begins with a character, usually, and once he stands up on his feet and begins to move, all I can do is trot along behind him with a paper and pencil trying to keep up long enough to put down what he says and does.
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The faster I write the better my output. If I'm going slow, I'm in trouble. It means I'm pushing the words instead of being pulled by them.
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To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
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A blank piece of paper is God's way of telling us how hard it is to be God.
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Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.
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If you can't annoy somebody, there is little point in writing.
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When your story is ready for rewrite, cut it to the bone. Get rid of every ounce of excess fat. This is going to hurt; revising a story down to the bare essentials is always a little like murdering children, but it must be done.
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