Start telling the stories that only you can tell. - Neil Gaiman

The expression ‘Those who can’t do, teach’ is a curious one, because if you look at the world, you’ll see that teachers aren’t particularly worse at doing things than anyone else, so perhaps the expression might be better worded as ‘nobody can do anything.’ - Lemony Snicket

Make him honest. I don't mean 'never fish for spare change in a pay phone honest.' I mean 'tell it like it is and own up to it' honest. Readers will forgive a character for any number of flaws if the character is honest about who he is and what he's doing. - K.M. Weiland

You fail only if you stop writing. - Ray Bradbury

Hannibal Lecter: What if I did it for you?Clarice Starling: Did what?Hannibal Lecter: Harmed them, Clarice. The ones who've harmed you. What if I made them scream apologies? No, I shouldn't even say it because you'll feel - with your perfect grasp on right and wrong - that you were somehow accompli- even though you wouldn't be.- Hannibal

A little story is supported by a lot of untold backstory. What they get is more than what they see. - Karen Lord

Creating characters is like throwing together ingredients for a recipe. I take characteristics I like and dislike in real people I know, or know of, and use them to embellish and define characters. - Cassandra Clare

You could be writing the book that changes your life. - Brandon Sanderson

All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know. - Ernest Hemingway

It simply isn't an adventure worth telling if there aren't any dragons. - J.R.R. TolkeinIt doesn’t matter what we write..., so long as we write continually as well as we can. - C.S. Lewis

Never tell all you know - not even to the person you know best. - Agatha Christie

To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man. - Aristotle

I became a writer not principally because I’m in love with the idea of being a writer, but I’m in love with the idea of entertainment. I just want to entertain people. - Lee Child

Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten. - Neil Gaiman

I often get mad at myself because I’m writing poorly, or worry that I’ll never write another book, or feel frustrated because I’m up against the limits of my talents, but I never dread writing. So I often feel that I’m not up to the task, but I never dread it. - John Green

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work. - Stephen King

All worthy work is open to interpretations the author did not intend. Art isn’t your pet - it’s your kid. It grows up and talks back to you. - Joss Whedon