Read. Write. Read some more. Explore the universe through your writing. Practice and learn what moves you and what doesn’t. - Darynda Jones

Short stories are tiny windows into other worlds and other minds and other dreams. They are journeys you can make to the far side of the universe and still be back in time for dinner. - Neil Gaiman

I always read books twice. The first time you appreciate the story, the second time you appreciate the writing. - Unknown

Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Incomprehensible jargon is the hallmark of a profession. - Kingman Brewster

Caterpillar: Who are you?Alice: I hardly know, sir. Just at present - at least I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.- Alice in Wonderland

Your podcast content should not be about you, but about solving your prospects’ problems. - Steve Lubetkin

It’s difficult to write a book where a character is on virtually every page of the book but you cannot refer to his or her gender. It gets rid of every his, her, she and he. - William Least Heat-Moon

Inigo Montoya : I admit it, you are better than I am.Man in Black : Then why are you smiling?Inigo Montoya : Because I know something you don't know.Man in Black : And what is that?Inigo Montoya : I am not left-handed.- The Princess Bride

I meet people on the street or at book signings and they tend to treat me as if they know me, as if we’re connected. It’s great. - Judy Blume

Use original detail in your writing. Life is so rich, if you can write down the real details of the way things were and are, you hardly need anything else. - Natalie Goldberg

I try to make the readers feel they’ve lived the events of the book. Just as you grieve if a friend is killed, you should grieve if a fictional character is killed. You should care. If somebody dies and you just go get more popcorn, it’s a superficial experience, isn’t it? - George RR Martin

Be clear on every character’s agenda in a scene, and the agendas in conflict. Before you write, take just a moment to jot down what each character in the scene wants, even if (as kurt Vonnegut once said) it is only a glass of water. - James Scott Bell

If there is an essential truism in typesetting, it is that a page contains no voids, only spaces between printed elements. The essence of typesetting is regulating the size of those spaces to control the balance and rhythm between black and white. This is the key to a graphically harmonious page – one with good type color – as well as to text that is pleasing and easy to read. - James Felici

You may be able to take a break from writing, but you won’t be able to take a break from being a writer. - Steven Leigh

Getting published is really exciting, but it’s not the point of writing. The actual writing is what it’s all about - the daily joy in sitting down to a blank page and crafting something beautiful or funny or heartwrenching or even just blah (depending on the day). - Bridget McNulty

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

I learned long ago, never wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it. - George Bernard Shaw