Writing

"Because novels come from long-marinated and unregarded anxiety, from silent anxiety…" - Martin Amis

"writing fiction in America as we enter the twenty-first century is no job for intellectual cowards. There are lots of would-be censors out there, and although they may have different agendas, they all want basically the same thing: for you to see the world they see… or to at least shut up about what you do see that’s different." - Stephen King

"The other me Demands emergence constantly." - Ray Bradbury

"A well-fed man keeps and calmly gives forth his infinitesimal portion of eternity. It sounds big in the summer night. And it is, as it always was down the ages, when there was a man with something to tell, and ones, quiet and wise, to listen." - Ray Bradbury

"If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that." - Stephen King

"If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot." - Stephen King

To Read: Dorothea Brande’s Becoming A Writer

"We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out." - Ray Bradbury

"You are, in effect, dropping stones down a well. Every time you hear an echo from your Subconscious, you know yourself a little better. A small echo may start an idea. A big echo may result in a story." - Ray Bradbury