Nancy Herkness Quotes

Ha! Don't You Know That Writers Are Control Freaks? We Make Our Characters Dance To Our Own Weird Tunes. That's Half The Fun."

She Angled His Head Ever So Slowly To The Right. "What's The Other Half?" Just As The Position Became Uncomfortable, She Reversed The Motion.

"Rewriting," He Said. "You Know How You Think Of A Brilliant Response To An Insult Six Hours Later When It's Utterly Useless? A Writer Has A Time Machine. I Can Go Back To The Moment The Insult Was Hurled And Parry It With My Slow But Rapier-sharp Wit."

"Relax. I've Got You," She Said, Rotating His Head Gently To The Right. "I Guess Us Nonwriters Think You Just Sit Down At Your Computer And The Book Comes Out The Way We Read It."

"We Foster That Myth. It Makes Us Seem More Like Creative Geniuses And Less Like Mere Craftsmen.

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