The past is never dead. It’s not even past.
You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.
The only thing worth writing about is the human heart in conflict with itself.
I give you my word; my word is my bond.
In writing, you must kill all your darlings.
How often have we been stopped by the fear of what might happen?
Nations, it is true, are born at moments; but they die in the long, unbroken succession of hours.
A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do.
It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
The writer’s only responsibility is to his art.
I never write about the South; I write about the human condition.
You cant know where youre going until you know where youve been.
The past is a story we tell ourselves about ourselves.
Memory believes before knowing remembers. Believes longer than recollects, longer than knowing even wonders.
Every writer is a writer of his time.
Words are the only things that can be as powerful as bullets.
The only way to get rid of the burden of the past is to write about it.
Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through.
In every mans life, there is a moment that his power is born.
We are all the architects of our own fortune.
There is no greater comfort than a book that tells you you are not alone.
The truth is still the truth, even if its inconvenient.
Time is a river; it carries us along whether we want it or not.
Writers are like the wind; they can change directions at any moment.
To understand the world, you must first understand the words that define it.
Mans understanding is a fire that can either illuminate or destroy.
Stories are the fabric of our lives; they shape how we see the world.
A writers life is a perpetual conflict between reality and imagination.
The greatness of a man is measured by the greatness of his dreams.
Art is the bridge that connects the seen with the unseen.
Words are the shadows of thoughts waiting to be seen.
To think is to differ, and every difference brings a new story.
Life is a tapestry woven from the threads of our experiences.
Reality is not what is, but what we perceive it to be.
All great literature is a reflection of the human struggle.
A characters journey is a mirror of our own desires and fears.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.
Each page turned is a step taken toward understanding ourselves.
To truly listen is to understand the heart of another.
Fiction is the truth inside the lie.
Writing is the only way to outsmart time.
Hope is the delicate thread that keeps us woven into the future.
Writing is an act of bravery; it requires us to be vulnerable.
The universe is contained within each story, waiting to be told.
To write is to be alive in the world of endless possibilities.