Writing is done by someone. It is not, like some mythical goddess, a skill that springs forth, full grown from the genes of inspiration.

- Leonard Bishop

Insights and perceptions pass through the mind like fleet fireflies. Lit for an instant, then gone back into the dark.

- Leonard Bishop

The only valid reason to use clichés is in the speech of a character. Cliches are indications of sloppy writing. The writer does not respect the scen…

- Leonard Bishop

Any writer who believes in the 'lucky creative accident' in writing is pushing elephants on roller skates up greased ramps.

- Leonard Bishop

Unless a writer lives with a periodic delusion of his greatness, he will not continue writing. He must believe, against all reason and evidence, that…

- Leonard Bishop

Great writers zealously learn the craft of their profession so they can release the power and the depth of their imagination and experience.

- Leonard Bishop