People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect. But actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it’s more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey stuff. - The Doctor (Doctor Who)

Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Mark Twain

Worldbuilding is different than setting in my opinion. Setting is a room. A backdrop. It’s scenery. But without good worldbuilding, you can’t have realistic feeling scenery. You can’t have cool, unique backdrops for your story. - Patrick Rothfuss

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. - Benjamin Franklin

I try to create sympathy for my characters, then turn the monsters loose. - Stephen King

Character is plot, plot is character. - F Scott Fitzgerald

This parrot is no more. It has ceased to be. It’s expired and gone to meet its maker. This is a late parrot. It’s a stiff. Bereft of life, it rests in peace. If you hadn’t nailed it to the perch, it would be pushing up the daisies. It’s rung down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. This is an ex-parrot. - Graham Chapman

There’s an old rule of theater that goes, “If there’s a gun on the mantle in act one, it must go off in act two.” The reverse is also true. - Steven King

The voice of the narrator who knows the whole story cannot be dismissed as old-fashioned or uncool. It’s not only the oldest and the most widely used storytelling voice, it’s also the most versatile, flexible, and complex of the points of view. - Ursula K. LeGuin

Plots may be simple or complex, but suspense and climactic progress from one incident to another, are essential. - HP Lovecraft

Sometimes a change of perspective is all it takes to see the light. - Dan Brown

Book marketing is like opening doors for your readers to find you, not a stick you hit them with. - Heather Hart

I'm writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles. - Shannon Hale

Write your story as it needs to be written. Write it honestly, and tell it as best you can. I'm not sure that there are any other rules. Not ones that matter. - Neil Gaiman

If your target audience isn't listening, it's not their fault. It's yours. - Seth Godin

There is indeed good and there is indeed evil, and both walk the earth…. Both good and evil vie for the passions of the heart. For love! - Ted DekkerEvery villain is a hero in his own mind. - Tom Hiddleston

A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one. - George RR MartinFind out what your hero or heroine wants, and when he or she wakes up in the morning, just follow him or her all day. - Ray Bradbury