"The space where I write is in my head, I suppose."

Writing, Mind, Creativity, Imagination

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"You spill a lot of beans in historical fiction. Crime fiction is about spilling no beans at all. You spill the least beans you possibly can. So because I had already written historical fiction before I was really good at the spilling beans section, but the new skill I had to learn when I was writing Brighton Belle was difficult. I had to avoid the equivalent of shouting, "this character's a murderer! Look who did it!."

Sara Sheridan, Scottish Author

Writing, Mystery, Storytelling, Secrets, Skill

"Don't say it was delightful; make us say delightful when we've read the description. You see, all those words (horrifying, wonderful, hideous, exquisite) are only like saying to your readers Please will you do the job for me."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Writing, Description, Delight, Imagination

"Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy."

F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Author

Writing, Tragedy

"We write, edit, and rewrite the story of our own life employing descriptive words, metaphors, and symbols. Our lives are full of symbols including those supplied by nature and religion, which touch upon the mystical and spiritual aspects of life. Symbols inspire enduring hope by formulating idealist expectations."

Kilroy J. Oldster, American Author

Writing, Life, Religion, Nature

"I'm a fairly undisciplined writer."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Writing, Writer

"Writers aren't exactly people, they're a bunch of people trying to be one person."

F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Author

Writing, Identity, Creativity, People

"My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."

John F. Kennedy, American President

Writing, Americans, Country

"Pour your heart onto the page."

A. D. Posey, American Poet

Writing, Emotion, Expression, Creativity

"One of my rules is never explain. A writer is a lot like a magician, if you explain how the trick works then a lot of the magic turns mundane."

Laurell K. Hamilton, American Writer

Writing, Magic, Rules

"Twofold misjudgement. - The misfortune suffered by clear-minded and easily understood writers is that they are taken for shallow and thus little effort is expended on reading them: and the good fortune that attends the obscure is that the reader toils at them and ascribes to them the pleasure he has in fact gained from his own zeal."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

Writing, Error, Effort, Understanding

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"People who inspire such contradictory emotions must be worthwhile, I reasoned."

Relationship, Inspirational, Complexity, Emotion, People

"You spill a lot of beans in historical fiction. Crime fiction is about spilling no beans at all. You spill the least beans you possibly can. So because I had already written historical fiction before I was really good at the spilling beans section, but the new skill I had to learn when I was writing Brighton Belle was difficult. I had to avoid the equivalent of shouting, "this character's a murderer! Look who did it!."

Writing, Mystery, Storytelling, Secrets, Skill

"It's always been important for writers to be disciplined but now even more so. In addition to the traditional displacement activities like cleaning the fridge or eating cake writers are faced with a plethora of online possibilities (some of which may be professionally worthwhile as well as interesting and fun). As a writer it's important to learn how to focus so you can do both as and when you need to."

Discipline, Focus, Possibility, Productivity

"Lately Mirabelle had reflected wistfully if people even noticed her " a smartly dressed woman who came and went along the Promenade, always alone."

Loneliness, People, Observation, Existence

"That boy is talented. You don't develop those gifts in houses or in schools."

Talent, Development, Environment, Gift

"The good thing about the aristocracy " German or English " was that they were easily traced, Mirabelle thought."

History, Aristocracy, Class, Life

"It is one of the benchmarks of a culture I always think " the page at which it operates. A good way to measure it is to order a taxi and see how irate local people get if it is late."

Society, Culture, Measurement, Time, Frustration

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"Don't say it was delightful; make us say delightful when we've read the description. You see, all those words (horrifying, wonderful, hideous, exquisite) are only like saying to your readers Please will you do the job for me."

"Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy."

"I'm a fairly undisciplined writer."

"Writers aren't exactly people, they're a bunch of people trying to be one person."

"My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."

"Pour your heart onto the page."

"One of my rules is never explain. A writer is a lot like a magician, if you explain how the trick works then a lot of the magic turns mundane."

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"People who inspire such contradictory emotions must be worthwhile, I reasoned."

"We are living in glorious days where each readers' voice can be heard."

"You have no future when the past rules you."

"When a chap is passionate, the readership can sense it."

"Lately Mirabelle had reflected wistfully if people even noticed her " a smartly dressed woman who came and went along the Promenade, always alone."

"That boy is talented. You don't develop those gifts in houses or in schools."

"The good thing about the aristocracy " German or English " was that they were easily traced, Mirabelle thought."

"It is one of the benchmarks of a culture I always think " the page at which it operates. A good way to measure it is to order a taxi and see how irate local people get if it is late."