Quotes on Successful Writing

Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.

There are three difficulties in authorship; to write any thing worth the publishing — to find honest men to publish it — and to get sensible men to read it.

Easy reading is damn hard writing.

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

Make it simple. Make it memorable. Make it inviting to look at. Make it fun to read.

Exercise the writing muscle every day, even if it is only a letter, notes, a title list, a character sketch, a journal entry. Writers are like dancers, like athletes. Without that exercise, the muscles seize up.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.