Kristine Kathryn Rusch famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

As one of my creative writing professors once said, there are only seven plots. What makes those plots different is how you handle them, your voice, your style, and your way of thinking. Thatâ€™s all. People can mimic your style, but they can never achieve your unique point of view.
-- Kristine Kathryn Rusch

#Writing #Unique #Thinking
Our subconscious works in metaphors, stories, and word play. That's why a particular story or movie may mean more to some people than to others. Have you considered why you quest for this tale now?
-- Kristine Kathryn Rusch

#Mean #Play #People
Perhaps true faith is a form of insanity.
-- Kristine Kathryn Rusch

#Insanity #Form
Write. Publish. Repeat.
-- Kristine Kathryn Rusch

#Writing #Publish
Like Elmore Leonard and Donald Westlake and Robert B. Parker and oh so many others, I want to die with my boots on, facedown on my keyboard if possible, in the middle of a sentence.
-- Kristine Kathryn Rusch

#Keyboards #Boots #Want
The only way to build a fan base is to have a lot of material out there for readers to find. You can't manufacture a fan base. You create it, one story at a time.
-- Kristine Kathryn Rusch

#Fans #Stories #Way
The worst situations in the world always start with the words, 'trust me.'
-- Kristine Kathryn Rusch

#World #Trust Me #Worst
Rod Clark has one of the most unique voices I have ever encountered. I still quote some of his political insights years later. To have him write political science fiction is both appropriate and intriguing.
-- Kristine Kathryn Rusch

#Writing #Unique #Voice
Rebels learn the rules better than the rule-makers do. Rebels learn where the holes are, where the rules can best be breached. Become an expert at the rules. Then break them with creativity and style.
-- Kristine Kathryn Rusch

#Creativity #Style #Rebel
I am one of the heretics who believes that art must be enjoyed first and analyzed later.
-- Kristine Kathryn Rusch

#Art #Believe #Firsts

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