A story isn’t about a moment in time, a story is about the moment in time.
– W. D. Wetherell
Category: Quotable
Quotable 115
I thought I was a much better writer when I was a much worse writer. It’s funny how that works. Being “better” means seeing the flaws.
– Kameron Hurley
Quotable 114
Read, read, read. If you don’t study how the masters do things, you’ll never be a master yourself.
– Brayden Hirsch
Quotable 113
Serious writers write, inspired or not. Over time they discover that routine is a better friend to them than inspiration.
– Ralph Keyes
Quotable 112
I would love it if inspiration hit, but the muse can be such an absent bitch. I’ve learned to work without her.
– Patsy Terrell
Quotable 111
Sometimes reality is too complex. Stories give it form.
– Jean Luc Godard
Quotable 110
I have written a great many stories and I still don’t know how to go about it except to write it and take my chances.
– John Steinbeck
Quotable 109
We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth.
– John F. Kennedy
Quotable 108
When a friend of Abigail and John Adams was killed at Bunker Hill, Abigail’s response was to write a letter to her husband and include these words, “My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.”
– David McCullough
Quotable 107
A successful story is a narrative that the reader reads all the way through to the end and enjoys.
– Bruce Holland Rogers