Not write what you know, but know what you write. If you write about a world before, after, or other than this one, enter that world completely. Search it to find your deepest longings and most terrible fears. Let imagination…

Quote by Steven Saylor

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Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what...

To write is to write is to write is to write is to write is...

To write is to write is to write is to write is to write is...

The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past...

The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past...

Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature.

Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature.

In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have...

In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have...

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my...

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my...

Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to...

Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to...

You write with ease to show your breeding, but easy writing's curst hard reading

You write with ease to show your breeding, but easy writing's curst hard reading

The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time; the hand...

The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time; the hand...

Written reports stifle creativity.

Written reports stifle creativity.

People say I give the best head, and they're not always talking about sex.

People say I give the best head, and they're not always talking about sex.

Writing is the hardest way of earning a living, with the possible exception of wrestling...

Writing is the hardest way of earning a living, with the possible exception of wrestling...

Most of the time I quote myself. It's not arrogance, it's a writer's job.

Most of the time I quote myself. It's not arrogance, it's a writer's job.

Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book; a...

Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book; a...

It is hard to write about politicians, see them at such close range, and still...

It is hard to write about politicians, see them at such close range, and still...

I write lustily and humorously. It isn't calculated; it's the way I think. I've invented...

I write lustily and humorously. It isn't calculated; it's the way I think. I've invented...

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not...

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not...