“I paraphrase Aristotle: If you want to be comical, write about people to whom the audience can feel superior; if you want to be tragical, write about at least one person to whom the audience is bound to feel inferior, and no fair having human problems solved by dumb luck or heavenly intervention.” PeopleIfsWantFeelsWritingHumansPersonsProblemAudienceFairsLuckBoundsSuperiorsDumbHeavenlyInferiorsInterventionComicalParaphraseHuman ProblemsDumb Luck Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“I wish you good writing and good luck. Even if you've already done the good writing, you'll still need the good luck. It's a shark-filled lagoon out there. Cross your fingers and watch your back.” IfsNeedsWritingStillsDoneWishWatchesCrossesLuckFilledFingersGood LuckWish YouSharksGood WritingLagoons Author:Margaret Atwood
“There is an argument for believing that the entire process of writing a piece of fiction is simply a thinly-controlled and highly-internalised nervous breakdown designed, with a bit of luck, to produce something worthwhile at the end.” WritingBelieveEndsBitsProcessFictionPiecesProduceArgumentLuckNervousControlledWorthwhileBreakdownNervous Breakdown Book:Writing: A User Manual: A practical guide to planning, starting and finishing a novel Source: Writing: A User Manual: A practical guide to planning, starting and finishing a novel