I.J. Schecter > I.J.'s Quotes

“Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.”
― Anton Chekhov

“The scariest moment is always just before you start.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.”
― Louis L'Amour

“You don't say, 'I've done it!' You come, with a kind of horrible desperation, to realize that this will do.”
― Anthony Burgess

“It's easy, after all, not to be a writer. Most people aren't writers, and very little harm comes to them.”
― Julian Barnes, Flaubert's Parrot