Mark Rubinstein > Quotes

“Having a dog or cat will open your heart. Reading a book will open your mind. Having both a pet & a book...absolute heaven.”
― Mark Rubinstein

“Writing a novel creates a window to a new way of looking at the world. Reading one means looking through that window.”
― Mark Rubinstein

“An unread book is a world unexplored”
― Mark Rubinstein

“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.”
― Mark Rubinstein

“I think a good novel makes the reader think not just about what happened, but about what is possible”
― Mark Rubinstein

“If you write what you love everything else will follow.”
― Mark Rubinstein

“Reading any novel, good or mediocre, is a workshop for a writer.”
― Mark Rubinstein

“Reading is the parent of fine writing. It fosters familiarity with the written word & sets the template for a writer's journey ~ Mark Rubinstein”
― Mark Rubinstein

“Standing in the corner, leaning aginst the wall, is a fifth man.
If Grange is a Hummer, this guy's an 18-wheel Mack truck, thinks Roddy. Parked, with its engine idling. He reminds Roddy of Ivan Drago from that Rocky movie. The guy must stand six five and tip the scales at 270. Pure, rock-hard muscle. His crew-cut blond hair is slickly gelled; his face--especially those cheekbones and that lantern jaw--could be carved from granite. He, no doubt, spends counteless hours at some muscle emporium. Pure muscle, but probably clumsy; he would go down fast if Roddy drove a flurry of punches into his gut and face. A gold earring pierces the guy's left earlobe. The drape of the jacket on his Schwarzenegger shoulders shows a bulge on the left side. The guy's packing some serious hardware. Mack Truck stares blankly and stands rock-still, hands clasped in front of his gargantuan body.”
― Mark Rubinstein, Mad Dog House

“There is no absolute truth. There is only your own truth. Write honestly, from the heart, and you will reach your readers.”
― Mark Rubinstein

“That great moment when a plot twist appears in your story, one you never thought of, one coming from some hidden place in your mind.”
― Mark Rubinstein

“Imagination is a gift waiting to be opened. A writer must peel back the wrapping and share that offering with the world.”
― Mark Rubinstein

“As does a magician, a writer creates a world, immerses the reader in it, & makes the reader believe it's reality.”
― Mark Rubinstein

“The key elements of storytelling are love, mystery & conflict.”
― Mark Rubinstein

“Be yourself behind the pen, not Hemingway, Joyce or Faulkner. Find your own voice. Let your own mind run through your fingers.”
― Mark Rubinstein

“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.”
― Mark Rubinstein

“There is no fiction. There's only truth disguised as fiction”
― Mark Rubinstein

“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.”
― Mark Rubinstein

“Many writers vacillate between believing writing is its own reward, and the need for acceptance is the big reward.”
― Mark Rubinstein

“Given the state of airlines and airports these days, I travel extensively by opening a book.”
― Mark Rubinstein

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

“Imagination creates its own possibilities.”
― Mark Rubinstein

“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.”
― Mark Rubinstein

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

“Have the courage to write a lousy first draft.”
― Mark Rubinstein

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

“A writer is never unemployed.”
― Mark Rubinstein

“Once the first draft is done, the really tough work begins.”
― Mark Rubinstein

“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.”
― Mark Rubinstein

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