The role of a writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say.

Most writing is done between the mind and the hand, not between the hand and the page.

Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that's where it should stay.

If my name were Mark Twain, I’d write under the pseudonym “Samuel Clemens.

Make it dark, make it grim, make it tough, but then, for the love of God, tell a joke.

For some it is harder towrite a novel than to row a bathtub across the North Atlantic.

I do not wish to comment on the work; if it does not speak for itself, it is a failure.

The awful part of the writing game is that you can never be sure the stuff is any good.

Every word a woman writes changes the story of the world, revises the official version.

I could write from anywhere, including the moon, provided I had a pencil and not a pen.

Let your words be your voice. And let your voice be heard within the hearts of others.

No one can call themselves a writer until he or she has written at least fifty stories.

Writing starts with living.—Rumors of Water: Thoughts on Creativity & Writing

The key to good writing is to leave Boo Radley in the house until the end of the story.

Matriarchy is a time-honored staple for any writer looking to invent an exotic society.