Writing – Page 6 – P. K. ABBOT THRILLERS

Who’s on first? Truman Capote on Writing

I always write the end of everything first. Then I go back to the beginning. I mean, it’s always nice to know where you’re going, is my theory.

—Truman Capote

“Your intuition knows what to write, so get out of the way.”

— Ray Bradbury

It’s the kind of thing that can happen when you spend too much time bottled up inside your own head.

Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.

—John Steinbeck

Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.

—E. L. Doctorow

No two readers ever read the same book.

— Edmund Wilson