Quotes From Writers About Writing

"I try to create sympathy for my characters, then turn the monsters loose."
Stephen King


"An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an  idea at all."
Oscar Wilde

"You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus."
Mark Twain


"Stories may well be lies, but they are good lies that say true things, and which can sometimes pay the rent."
Neil Gaiman


"Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being."
A. A. Milne


"We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master."
Ernest Hemingway