Susan Quinn > Susan's Quotes

“The road to hell is paved with adverbs.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.”
― Edgar Allan Poe

“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
― Madeleine L'Engle

“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.”
― Robert Frost

“A family of ten children will be always called a fine family, where there are heads and arms and legs enough for the number.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

“The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it.”
― Leo Rosten