Brecht

“Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn”
― Orson Welles

“When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand.”
― Raymond Chandler

“Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper. Never correct or rewrite until the whole thing is down. Rewrite in process is usually found to be an excuse for not going on. It also interferes with flow and rhythm which can only come from a kind of unconscious association with the material…..”
― John Steinbeck

“A novelist is a person who lives in other people's skins.”
― E.L. Doctorow