Mark Rubinstein Quotes

A writer must learn to be comfortable with buried, shadowy currents deep in the mind, those that form dreams & make hidden connections.

Whatever art--writing, painting, sculpture, acting, dance, music, or any other--there will be frustration & travails. It's all worth it

Writing a novel is the ultimate in sweat equity.

In a very real way, an author's creations are given over to others, the way a mother sends her children out into the larger world.

A writer keeps going despite what awaits the effort, the detours, ruts, curves & unexpected roadblocks. The road is clear. Drive on

The greatest act of self-education I've ever undertaken has been to become a writer.

Reading any novel, good or mediocre, is a workshop for a writer.

A reader is your partner, a friend, not someone who needs to be impressed. Keep the writing honest, make it come from the heart.

Creativity is its own reward. A writer must relish those unfathomable moments when plot-lines and characters fall into place. It's the closest thing to magic we know.

A writer is never unemployed.

A reader finds a new reality on the page, interacts with an imaginary world, and is enriched by doing so.

If you're a writer, reading is part of your job description.

Tell me a story" is as old as humankind. It's a prehistoric request, going back to when people sat around fires in caves. A novelist's first goal, above all, is to tell a story.

When writing a sentence or phrase, ask yourself if you've ever heard or read it before. If you have, it's a cliché. Get rid of it.

If you write for money or fame you will be disappointed. If you do so for the love of it, you will be rich in satisfaction.

No matter how you describe a protagonist, each reader has a personal vision of that character. Leave room for the reader's imagination.

Have the courage to write a lousy first draft.

If you're a writer, you're not a short order cook. Forget what people want. Write what you want to write, be true to yourself

A writer's refuge is imagination and the possibilities it provides.

A writer should not wait for inspiration; it won't come. Inspiration is fueled by the act of writing, by the sweat of the effort, by the work.

Given the state of airlines and airports these days, I travel extensively by opening a book.

If your fiction is good and true, your novel's ending will discover itself.

Every bestselling author was once completely unknown. A good book will eventually find its place in the world.

A writer has many tools: eyes, ears, nose, sensations, thoughts feelings and imagination. The tools can construct a house of stories.

The book you don't read is a journey forsaken.

I think a good novel is a slow reveal--of the character and the plot. It's a process of discovery for the reader.

A novel is the final common pathway of a writer's experiences, fears, wishes, thoughts, feelings & fantasies. All is distilled in a novel.

Creative imagination is a mystery. If you let it flow, it will happen, & you won't know how the idea came to you. It will just materialize.

Be yourself behind the pen, not Hemingway, Joyce or Faulkner. Find your own voice. Let your own mind run through your fingers.

The irony of writing is that it's a solitary profession in which the lone writer tries to address universal human concerns.

When people sat in caves, they told stories. It was for sharing, learning, entertaining. Storytelling is as old as we are. It will never die.

Imagination is a gift waiting to be opened. A writer must peel back the wrapping and share that offering with the world.

When you write, bleed copiously from an open wound. Write from the depths of your heart.

Planning a novel's ending is like planning the weather months ahead of time. Let the characters take you to the end of the story.





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Planning a novel's ending is like planning the weather months ahead of time. I let the characters take me to the end of the story.

A book being read is a transaction between author & reader, a sharing, giving, taking & a reimagining of the author's offering.

A writer's two greatest tools are imagination and perseverance.

Reading is an apprenticeship to writing

The writing life is punctuated by words, sentences, paragraph & pages. And by spurts of elation, inspiration, rejection & despair.

A writer's refuge is imagination. Therein lies the ability to create a new world and bring order to chaos.

Imagination is a writer's refuge and a renewable source of energy.

Once the first draft is done, the really tough work begins.

Sometimes,I open a book I wrote. Reading the words, they seem to have come from some hidden recess of my mind, far from my waking self, from another mysterious realm. It's a mystery to me. It's the magic of the mind.

A writer must learn to trust the process; the words and ideas will flow from some deep inner recess once the writing has begun.

Write fearlessly, from the heart; pour your guts out and don't give a damn about what anyone thinks.

A good novel takes the reader into the heart of another person. It lands you smack into the life and times of someone else.

In writing, you learn about the mystery of yourself. In reading you learn about the mystery of the world. Do both and you'll learn much.

The writer's imagination sets the template for the reader's to take over. The reader is a participant in the imaginative process.

Good or evil, it doesn't really matter, so long as your novel's character is interesting.

Writing novels is really all about making people think, and even more, making them feel things.

If I've learned anything it's that writing is an arduous but joyful craft. It calls upon hidden resources & the process is its own reward.

If you write what you love everything else will follow.

As does a magician, a writer creates a world, immerses the reader in it, & makes the reader believe it's reality.

A reader is a voyager, an armchair adventurer, travelling to different times, places, inhabiting different minds and worlds. What fun.

Time, effort & persistence make for the writing of a good novel. There's no such thing as "writer's block." Just reluctance to make the slog

When I read, I visit other worlds. When I write, I create other worlds.

The key elements of storytelling are love, mystery & conflict.