Words are the bones. Writing is the lungs. Reading is like breathing.

It was a miracle to me, this transformation of my acorns into an oak.

This whole show vs tell concept both bewilders and challenges my mind.

Replace your old books with the book you've always wanted to write.

Replace your old books with the books you’ve always wanted to write.

Sometimes writing is just rubbing words together long enough to make a fire.

A writer will always be a writer. It's not a choice, it's a destiny.

While I'm writing, I'm far away;and when I come back, I've gone.

The blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it.

Fiction is a careful combination of observation, inspiration, and imagination.

Pursue knowledge as though it is your life-blood, then you will know greatness!

If you don’t make time for writing, writing won’t make time for you.

You cannot be a great writer in a shop where words are sold in tens and twenties.

If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts.

Don't tell me the moon is shining, show me the glint of light on broken glass.