“You must write. It’s not enough to start by thinking. You become a writer by writing. It’s a yoga.”
~ R.K. NARAYAN

“Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.”
~ W.H. AUDEN

“Substitute “damn” every time you’re inclined to write “very”; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.”
~ Mark Twain

“I thought drama was when actors cried. But drama is when the audience cry.”
~ Frank Capra

“Grab the reader by the throat or they’re going elsewhere.”
~ Brad Meltzer

But don’t, dear friend, resent God’s discipline;
don’t sulk under his loving correction.
It’s the child he loves that God corrects;
a father’s delight is behind all this.

~ Proverbs 3: 11 – 12 MSG