To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
Being a writer means taking the leap from listening to saying, “Listen to me”.
Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are most economical in its use.
Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.
Exercise the writing muscle every day, even if it is only a letter, notes, a title list, a character sketch, a journal entry. Writers are like dancers, like athletes. Without that exercise, the muscles seize up.
To live a creative life we must first lose the fear of being wrong.
A writer can do nothing for men more necessary, satisfying, than just simply to reveal to them the infinite possibilities of their own souls.
Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.
A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
Inspiration is a guest that does not willingly visit the lazy.
There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.
If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.
Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.
A real book is not one that’s read, but one that reads us.
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
All readers come to fiction as willing accomplices to your lies. Such is the basic goodwill contract made the moment we pick up a work of fiction.
If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.
A novel is an impression, not an argument; and there the matter must rest.
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.
I have been successful probably because I have always realized that I knew nothing about writing and have merely tried to tell an interesting story entertainingly.