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  1. 'I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.' - Truman Capote
  2. 'Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.' - Kurt Vonnegut
  3. 'I have made this [letter] longer, because I have not had the time to make it shorter.' - Blaise Pascal
  4. 'If I waited for perfection, I would never write a word.'- Margaret Atwood
  5. 'I have never written a book with a lesson.' - Maurice Sendak
  6. 'One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time, in others' minds.' - Alfred Kazin
  7. 'Bring all your intelligence to bear on your beginning.' - Elizabeth Bowen
  8. 'Talent is helpful in writing, but guts are absolutely necessary.' - Jessamyn West
  9. 'It was a bright cold day in April and the clocks were striking thirteen.' - Great first line from 1984.
  10. No human ever spoke of scenery for above 2 minutes at a time, which makes me suspect we hear too much of it in literature - RL Stevenson
  11. Paths to Publication, Children's Books Ireland, Dublin, September 19th www.childrensbooksireland.com - see you there!
  12. 'The road to Hell is paved with adverbs.' - Stephen King
  13. “Where’s Papa going with that ax?” - E.B. White, Charlotte's Web. Another great opener.
  14. "When the doorbell rings at three in the morning, it's never good news." - Anthony Horowitz, 'Stormbreaker'. Another great first line.
  15. "We went to the moon to have fun, but the moon turned out to completely suck." - M.T. Anderson, 'Feed'. Great first line!
  16. “I’m not writing to make anyone’s children feel safe.” - J. K. Rowling
  17. 'Every writer I know has trouble writing.' - Joseph Heller
  18. "Suspect all your favorite sentences." - Kenneth Atchity
  19. 'Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.' - Anton Chekhov
  20. Commonest turn-off with submissions? Starting with back-story. Don't dump it all at once. Feed it through where necessary.