Mark Rubinstein Quotes

#1. A book being read is a transaction between author & reader, a sharing, giving, taking & a reimagining of the author's offering.

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#2. A novel is the final common pathway of a writer's experiences, fears, wishes, thoughts, feelings & fantasies. All is distilled in a novel.

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#3. Kenny, when's the last time you had a physical," Roddy asks.
"What're you...the designated driver of my life?"

"Mad Dog House

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#4. Having both a pet and a book ... absolute heaven.

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#5. Writing novels is really all about making people think, and even more, making them feel things.

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#6. A novel need not impart information or inform. It must seduce & snare the reader with feelings & break the reader's heart.

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#7. Having a dog or cat will open your heart. Reading a book will open your mind. Having both a pet & a book...absolute heaven.

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#8. The interaction between author and reader is the most intimate in the world of art. The reader's imagination shares and completes the writer's.

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#9. A writer's refuge is imagination. Therein lies the ability to create a new world and bring order to chaos.

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#10. Whatever art--writing, painting, sculpture, acting, dance, music, or any other--there will be frustration & travails. It's all worth it

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#11. Ir you're a writer, reading is part of your job description. ~ Mark Rubinstein

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#12. A good novel takes the reader into the heart of another person. It lands you smack into the life and times of someone else.

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#13. 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.

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#14. A writer must learn to be comfortable with buried, shadowy currents deep in the mind, those that form dreams & make hidden connections.

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#15. Good or evil, it doesn't really matter, so long as your novel's character is interesting.

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#16. 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.

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#17. A novel, though fiction, often speaks to the largest truths.

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#18. Don't write for the market or for others. Write what you know, love and above all, write what you would love to read.

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#19. You don't have to make any decisions right now," Colleen says. "But I'll tell you this. There's life after marriage."

~Excerpt from "Mad Dog Justice

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#20. A writer's refuge is imagination and the possibilities it provides.

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#21. When people sat in caves, they told stories. It was for sharing, learning, entertaining. Storytelling is as old as we are. It will never die.

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#22. If you're a writer, reading is part of your job description.

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#23. A writer's two greatest tools are imagination and perseverance.

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#24. Creativity is its own reward. A writer must relish those unfathomable moments when plot-lines and characters fall into place. It's the closest thing to magic we know.

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#25. Read everything, absolutely everything. There's no such thing as a book that offers nothing.

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#26. A writer has many tools: eyes, ears, nose, sensations, thoughts feelings and imagination. The tools can construct a house of stories.

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#27. Time, effort & persistence make for the writing of a good novel. There's no such thing as "writer's block." Just reluctance to make the slog

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#28. For a writer, readers are the best collaborators.

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#29. If you write what you love everything else will follow.

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#30. Listening is crucial for any novelist. Stories & ideas abound. We too often talk about ourselves & block out the richness others may offer.

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#31. I don't care about the rules of grammar so long as my characters' words sound true to life and bite heavily.

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#32. A good read is like dancing a tango with the author. You feel the music, give yourself over, move in unison to the music of words. ~ Mark Rubinstein

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#33. Creative imagination is a mystery. If you let it flow, it will happen, & you won't know how the idea came to you. It will just materialize.

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#34. A writer has only three tools: language, experience and imagination.

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#35. Reading is an apprenticeship to writing

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