“The only pressure I feel is to write good books. And to not replicate the previous book. Whether you have a thousand readers or a million readers it doesn't change the pressure. I never feel tempted to give the reader what I think the reader wants.” ThinkingWantGivingFeelsWritingBookMillionsReaderThousandPressureTemptedGood BookReplicate Author:Jo Nesbo
“Writing is a job, a craft, and you learn it by trying to write every day and by facing the page with humility and gall. And you have to love to read books, all kinds of books, good books. You are not looking for anything in particular; you are just letting stuff seep in.” WritingTryingKindBookJobsStuffHumilityParticularPagesAll KindsCraftsGood BookLove To Read Author:Stephen Dobyns
“I believe a good writer can write a good book with any sort of character, in any sort of setting, but I prefer to write about the outsider. It might just be because I've been one (or perceived myself to be one) for so much of my life. But the simple fact of being marginalized immediately brings conflict to a story before the narrative even begins, and that's gold for a writer because it means that your character already has depth before events begin to unfold.” WritingBelieveMeanBookCharacterFactsStoriesMightI BelieveSimpleEventsConflictGoldDepthSettingSettingsNarrativeOutsidersGood BookGood WritersMarginalized Author:Charles de Lint
“If it is a distinction to have written a good book, it is also a disgrace to have written a bad one.” IfsWritingBookWrittenDistinctionGood BookDisgrace Author:Christian Nestell Bovee