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Good or evil, it doesn't really matter, so long as your novel's character is interesting.

When people sat in caves, they told stories. It was for sharing, learning, entertaining. Storytelling is as old as we are. It will never die.

Whatever art--writing, painting, sculpture, acting, dance, music, or any other--there will be frustration & travails. It's all worth it

Writing novels is really all about making people think, and even more, making them feel things.

A good read is like dancing a tango with the author. You feel the music, give yourself over, move in unison to the music of words. ~ Mark Rubinstein

Reading is an apprenticeship to writing

A book being read is a transaction between author & reader, a sharing, giving, taking & a reimagining of the author's offering.

Having a dog or cat will open your heart. Reading a book will open your mind. Having both a pet & a book...absolute heaven.

If you're a writer, reading is part of your job description.

Why do I love writing? I can be who I want, do what I want, hurt who I want, and make the world over, just the way I'd love to have it.

A novel is the final common pathway of a writer's experiences, fears, wishes, thoughts, feelings & fantasies. All is distilled in a novel.

A novel, though fiction, often speaks to the largest truths.

The interaction between author and reader is the most intimate in the world of art. The reader's imagination shares and completes the writer's.

A good novel takes the reader into the heart of another person. It lands you smack into the life and times of someone else.

Time, effort & persistence make for the writing of a good novel. There's no such thing as "writer's block." Just reluctance to make the slog

Creative imagination is a mystery. If you let it flow, it will happen, & you won't know how the idea came to you. It will just materialize.

A writer's refuge is imagination. Therein lies the ability to create a new world and bring order to chaos.

I don't care about the rules of grammar so long as my characters' words sound true to life and bite heavily.

A writer's two greatest tools are imagination and perseverance.

Read everything, absolutely everything. There's no such thing as a book that offers nothing.

A writer must learn to be comfortable with buried, shadowy currents deep in the mind, those that form dreams & make hidden connections.

If you write what you love everything else will follow.

A writer has only three tools: language, experience and imagination.

Ir you're a writer, reading is part of your job description. ~ Mark Rubinstein

Don't write for the market or for others. Write what you know, love and above all, write what you would love to read.

Kenny, when's the last time you had a physical," Roddy asks.
"What're you...the designated driver of my life?"

"Mad Dog House

For a writer, readers are the best collaborators.

A writer's refuge is imagination and the possibilities it provides.

Listening is crucial for any novelist. Stories & ideas abound. We too often talk about ourselves & block out the richness others may offer.

A writer has many tools: eyes, ears, nose, sensations, thoughts feelings and imagination. The tools can construct a house of stories.

Having both a pet and a book ... absolute heaven.

A novel need not impart information or inform. It must seduce & snare the reader with feelings & break the reader's heart.