Chuck Wendig Quotes

The Empire must fall.

Your best authorial self is always one about to ruin the story.

No, I just mean … I’m not into … this.”“This?” Her scowl deepens and her teeth bare. “Alie

Repeat the mantra: Writing is when I make the words. Editing is when I make them not shitty.

Where there’s smoke, there’s usually fire,” Solo says before adding quietly, “Usually an electrical fire near the hyperspace drive, which Chewie always warns me about…

On the worst day of writing, the work is instructive. On the best day, the act is transcendent.

That’s why we gotta do good things now. Make good decisions. Try to move the rudder long before the boat ever gets near the iceberg, right?

It starts with my mother….Boys get fucked up by their fathers, right? That’s why so many tales are really Daddy Issue stories at their core, because men run the world, and men get to tell their stories first. If women told most of the stories, though, then all the best stories would be about Mommy Problems.