Quotes from Mark Rubinstein

Imagination creates its own possibilities.

When writing a sentence or phrase, ask yourself if you've ever heard or read it before. If you have, it's a cliché. Get rid of it.

A writer must learn to trust the process; the words and ideas will flow from some deep inner recess once the writing has begun.

Sometimes,I open a book I wrote. Reading the words, they seem to have come from some hidden recess of my mind, far from my waking self, from another mysterious realm. It's a mystery to me. It's the magic of the mind.

No matter how you describe a protagonist, each reader has a personal vision of that character. Leave room for the reader's imagination.

They say, Write what you know. What do you know? Love, anger, despair, enmity, fear, empathy, lust, worry, trust & more. You know life.

A reader wants, above all, to feel a range of emotions--excitement, love, hate, misery, and everything in between them; wants to breathe characters' air & see the world through their eyes.

A novel, though fiction, often speaks to the largest truths.

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.

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.

In a very real way, an author's creations are given over to others, the way a mother sends her children out into the larger world.

Creative imagination is a mystery. If you let it flow, it will happen, & you won't know how the idea came to you. It will just materialize.

A writer's refuge is imagination. Therein lies the ability to create a new world and bring order to chaos.

I don't care about the rules of grammar so long as my characters' words sound true to life and bite heavily.

Kenny, when's the last time you had a physical," Roddy asks. "What're you...the designated driver of my life?" "Mad Dog House

Every bestselling author was once completely unknown. A good book will eventually find its place in the world.

If you're a writer, you're not a short order cook. Forget what people want. Write what you want to write, be true to yourself

Have the courage to write a lousy first draft.

When you write, bleed copiously from an open wound. Write from the depths of your heart.

A writer keeps going despite what awaits the effort, the detours, ruts, curves & unexpected roadblocks. The road is clear. Drive on

A writer has many tools: eyes, ears, nose, sensations, thoughts feelings and imagination. The tools can construct a house of stories.

Listening is crucial for any novelist. Stories & ideas abound. We too often talk about ourselves & block out the richness others may offer.

Reading is to an author as listening to music is to a composer. There's music in the words.

If you write for money or fame you will be disappointed. If you do so for the love of it, you will be rich in satisfaction.