Writing
quotes and inspiration on writing
Writing
To Read: Aldous Huxley’s “The Education of an Amphibian”
“The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.”
—Terry Pratchett
"Mostly when I think of pacing, I go back to Elmore Leonard, who explained it so perfectly by saying he just left out the boring parts." - Stephen King
"What a story is “about” is to be found in the curiosity it creates in us, which is a form of caring." - George Saunders
The mathematical genius Alexander Grothendieck once had a metaphor for solving problems. He suggested that instead of forcing open an impossibly hard kernel with a hammer and chisel, one should simply let it sit in water and wait. Over time, the shell softens and opens with ease. This is also true in writing; time is the only non-substitutable ingr... See more
Epiphanies Come From Waiting
"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
"“When you write a story, you’re telling yourself the story,” he said. “When you rewrite, your main job is taking out all the things that are not the story.”" - Stephen King
On Writing
"Life asks for rewards back because it has favored us with animation." - Ray Bradbury
Zen in the Art of Writing
"Conjure the nouns, alert the secret self, taste the darkness." - Ray Bradbury