"No, it's not a very good story - its author was too busy listening to other voices to listen as closely as he should have to the one coming from inside."

-- Stephen King

#Writing Quotes #Voice Quotes #Listening Quotes

“Comedians rarely have writers, and if you do it's usually a sign of laziness.”
“The best song lyrics seem to me so artful, so brilliant, so warm and humorous, with both passion and wit, that my admiration is matched only by my envy.”
“So I look at a lot of stuff now that I did and some of it looks tame to me, but my interest in terms of what I want to say with it is a little different”
“I try to make myself walk around a bit, but I probably think about it more than I actually do it. Years ago, I did think about joining a gym.”
“I admire David De Gea. I cannot remember anyone coming into Manchester United and being criticised the way he was.Â He was the subject of every debate in the media. You havenâ€™t seen De Gea defend himself in the media or shifting the blame elsewhere. He just gets on with it.”
“Whether you're moving to a new company or a new department within your current organization, I believe you'll end up miles ahead if you shop for a boss, not a position. You may secure the greatest job in the world, but a miserable boss will turn gold into ashes. ... In many ways, your boss may be more important than the job.”
“I wish there was someone I could have written to after that, someone I could have written to explain how awful it was to have someone touch you, then look at you properly and change his mind.”

Source : Helen Oyeyemi (2011). “Mr Fox”, p.40, Pan Macmillan
“I liked the challenge of writing in a very concise structure in which both meaning and form are important.”

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