P. D. James Quotes About Writing

Quotes about: Writing

• Write what you need to write, not what is currently popular or what you think will sell.

  P. D. James

  Writing, Thinking, Needs

  "Ten rules for writing fiction", www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.

• Don't just plan to write - write. It is only by writing, not dreaming about it, that we develop our own style.

  P. D. James

  Dream, Writing, Style

  "Your rules for writing" by Michelle Pauli, www.theguardian.com. February 23, 2010.

• I am fifty years old and I have never known what it is to love. I can write those words, know them to be true, but feel only the regret that a tone-deaf man must feel because he can't appreicate music, a regret less keen because it is for something never known, not for something lost.

  P. D. James

  Regret, Writing, Men

  P. D. James (2008). “The Children of Men”, p.124, Faber & Faber

• Increase your word power. Words are the raw material of our craft. The greater your vocabulary the more ­effective your writing. We who write in English are fortunate to have the richest and most versatile language in the world. Respect it.

  P. D. James

  Writing, Eye, Voice

  "Ten rules for writing fiction". www.theguardian.com. February, 20 2010.

• We who write in English are fortunate to have the richest and most versatile language in the world. Respect it.

  P. D. James

  Writing, World, Language

  "Ten rules for writing fiction" by P. D. James, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.

• Publishers don't nurse you; they buy and sell you.

  P. D. James

  Writing, Nurse, Publishers

• There comes a time when every scientist, even God, has to write off an experiment.

  P. D. James

  Writing, Learning, Science

  P. D. James (2008). “Devices and Desires”, p.303, Faber & Faber

• Read widely and with discrimination. Bad writing is contagious.

  P. D. James

  Writing, Bad Writing, Discrimination

  "Ten rules for writing fiction". www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.

• read widely, not in order to copy someone else's style, but to learn to appreciate and recognize good writing and to see how the best writers have achieved their result. Poor writing is, unfortunately, infectious and should be avoided.

  P. D. James

  Writing, Order, Appreciate

  P. D. James (2011). “Time to Be in Earnest”, p.292, Faber & Faber

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