“The story is the only thing that's important. Everything else will take care of itself. It's like what bowlers say. You hear writers talk about character or theme or mood or mode or tense or person. But bowlers say, if you make the spares, the strikes will take care of themselves. If you can tell a story, everything else becomes possible. But without story, nothing is possible, because nobody wants to hear about your sensitive characters if there's nothing happening in the story. And the same is true with mood. Story is the only thing that's important.” IfsWantWritingPersonsImportantCharacterStoriesCareHappeningsTake CareStrikesMoodThings HappenSensitiveThemeSparesTenseBowlers Author:Stephen King
“Of every four words I write, I strike out three.” WritingThreeFourStrikesEditing Author:Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux
“Write down each day what surprised you and how you surprised others. When something strikes a spark of interest, follow it.” WritingInterestStrikesEach DaySparks Author:Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
“For my stand-up, I always have my notebook with me and if something strikes me, I'll write it down.” IfsWritingStrikesNotebook Author:Janeane Garofalo
“I had a hip replacement a couple of years ago. I have a song about that. And why wouldn't you? It strikes me that that was a huge event. It's kind of funny and horrible and interesting, so why wouldn't one write about that?” WritingYearsKindSongInterestingEventsHugeCoupleYears AgoStrikesHorribleHipsReplacements Author:Loudon Wainwright III