Quotes from Mark Rubinstein

Having a dog or cat will open your heart. Reading a book will open your mind. Having both a pet and a book... absolute heaven.

Having both a pet and a book...absolute heaven.

Having a dog or cat will open your heart. Reading a book will open your mind. Having both a pet & a book...absolute heaven.

Writing a novel creates a window to a new way of looking at the world. Reading one means looking through that window.

An unread book is a world unexplored

If you're a writer, you've chosen art as a way of life. You must accept that some will like your work and others will not. It's the life you chose, so live with it and don't complain.

I think a good novel makes the reader think not just about what happened, but about what is possible

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

If you write what you love everything else will follow.

Why do I love writing? I can be who I want, do what I want, hurt who I want, and make the world over, just the way I'd love to have it.

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

That great moment when a plot twist appears in your story, one you never thought of, one coming from some hidden place in your mind.

Reading is the parent of fine writing. It fosters familiarity with the written word & sets the template for a writer's journey ~ Mark Rubinstein

There is no fiction. There's only truth disguised as fiction

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

There is no absolute truth. There is only your own truth. Write honestly, from the heart, and you will reach your readers.

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

Many writers vacillate between believing writing is its own reward, and the need for acceptance is the big reward.

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

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

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

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

A writer is never unemployed.

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