Larry Brooks Quotes

A clever trick does not a concept make.

But writers experience the world and themselves in a unique way. We look for meaning. We see it even when we are not paying attention, which is seldom because, as writers, paying attention is what we do. We are scribes to the ticking of the days, and we have a job to do. We are not at peace unless we are doing it.

In the life of a real writer, nothing is ever lost, no word you write is a waste of your time or energy.

The president of Goodwill Industries made $800,000 a year.

Mine were the actions of a desperate man. Present a defining moment to one and he'll bite every time.

I paused, allowing the

Show enough backstory to allow the reader to glean and make assumptions about what remains behind the curtain of time, yet continues to influence the character's worldview, attitudes, decisions, and actions.

The bar is high. But now you have a ladder.

Instinct is the elusive magic that happens when art collides with hard-won craft.

Here's the truth about organic writing: It's just story planning by another name.

[on scene execution] Interesting isn't the point ... storytelling momentum and relevance is.

Even when we stop typing and leave the house, we remain writers.

Love your scenes, and they'll love you in return.

Remember - write this down, it's critical - nothing fuels a story quite like hope.

Never hire anyone who starts a sentence with the word "Dude!" and never work for a guy who doesn't know the difference between mute and moot

If you've ever wondered why some writers who, in your humble opinion, don't write as well as you do yet are rich and famous while you struggle onward, this is the reason. They are great directors.

If you're playing God, you need to get it right.

Writing voice isn't as much a function of thinking as it is something that eludes definition and therefore assimilation. The more artful flavors of prose are more often a function of intuition and imitation fused with heart and wit and delivered with a strong does of lyric sensibility. It

Men leave women for other women. Women leave men for another way of life.

Doing a lot of reading is not the prerequisite to writing.