Writers on Writing

I try to write in the voice of a fat, avuncular man with a graying moustache who periodically suppresses burps while telling his story.
-Brian MacDiarmada

I always attempt to conjure up the earthy, down-home wisdom of my grandmother, who was a very famous writer.
-Todd Angelou

I try to let the story tell itself, which it has yet to do.
-Jeremiah Hawkins

I’ve always preferred the thunder of the typewriter to the emasculated clicks of a computer’s keyboard—the sounds of a petite woman’s high heels on a parquet floor-.  Moreover, the distraction of watching animal attack videos is not nearly so great.
-F. Scott Johnson

No, I prefer the computer. Word documents adorn my taskbar with the spacing and frequency of sharps on a piano-I think I’m onto something here.
-James Hanks

Good writing is 10% inspiration and 90% Haitian.
-Roger Fairchild

Good writing is 10% what you do and 90% voodoo.
-Roger Fairchild

Good writing is 10% comic and tragic and 90% ex-slave black magic.
-Roger Fairchild

Good writing is 10% crazy talk and 90% Baby Doc.
-Roger Fairchild

“Steve ran a six-minute mile,” isn’t a story. “Steve ran a sixteen-minute mile,” is a story.
-Wisteria Robitaille