Quotes from Mark Rubinstein

Understand the power of a novel's opening lines. It sets expectations & draws the reader into the book's world.

Reading is the never-ending apprenticeship for writing ~ Mark Rubinstein

I truly believe a novelist must arrive at an altered state of consciousness to reach that creative zone where the fingers fly & the words flow.

Guard your writing time--zealously. It's precious, even if it's only one or two hours a day.

The interaction between author and reader is the most intimate in the world of art. The reader's imagination shares and completes the writer's.

No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness. —ARISTOTLE

A writer has only three tools: language, experience and imagination.

You know you've been writing from the heart when, in the midst of a story, you ask, 'What would my mother think of this?

Writing is the gateway to learning about one's self. Reading is the gateway to learning about the world.

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A writer's downfall is chasing the marketplace. Doing that, you only see it's rear end. Write from the heart, not for the market.

Don't think. Imagine. Imagination is the firebed of a novel

When you really get down to it, good writing (or good art of any kind) taps deeply into feelings more than anything else.

So, we've done murder," Danny whispers.

A good novel is like a fairy tale, a movie, a play, a jazz piece & a symphony resonating in the mind, each in its own way.

The greatest act of self-education I've ever undertaken has been to become a writer.

A writer's most potent tools are the inner mind and the shameless courage to explore it.