Writing Style Quotes

The writer's silent mind is a period of intermission before orchestrating a symphony of words.

His indirect way of approaching a character or an action, striving to realize it by surrounding rather than invading it, is ideally suited to the indefinite and suggestive presentation of a ghost story.(introduction to "Sir Edmund Orme" by Henry James)

Herbert A. Wise

Writing a story is like going on a date—you will spoil it if you aren't living in the moment.

A writer can do without food for a few hours, but not without the sight of books.

Ideas either age like fine wine or rot like potatoes over time.