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V.E. Schwab Quotes

Total quotes: 9
“There is no right way to write. The only thing that works is whatever works for you.”
— V.E. Schwab
Tagged: Writing, Writing Advice, Writing Tips
“If you read a book, rate it.
If you loved a book, share it.
If you care about a book, talk it up.

I cannot tell you the strength of word-of-mouth. It is vast. You have power.”
— V.E. Schwab
Tagged: Reading, Books, supporting writers, supporting authors, supporting books, supporting novels, Novels, Writers
“Books are a beast. Scripts are stressful. Comics are daunting.
But holy hell, I love telling stories.”
— V.E. Schwab
Tagged: Writing, writing stories, Telling Stories, Writer's Mind, Writer's Curse, creative mind
“Some days you feel pretty and then you hate every single photo of yourself from an event and that’s a great ego check, let me tell you.”
— V.E. Schwab
Tagged: self, Self Confidence, Ego, ego check, self awareness
“When I'm working on a book, I become so tangled up in it, I can't focus on anything else. But when I'm NOT working on a book, my thoughts get tangled up all on their own.”
— V.E. Schwab
Tagged: writer's problem, Writer's Mind, Writer's Truth, Writing, writer's experience, Mind
“Also for the love of all things good, in case it’s not obvious, READING IS SUBJECTIVE. Think whatever you want. But don’t put it on the creator. We have enough to deal with.”
— V.E. Schwab
Tagged: Reading, subjective experience, Writer's Truth, Writer's Truth
“You are 16 when you fall in love with your best friend—only you don’t understand the 'in' part yet, so you just call it love. Teenage girls are always loving their friends, becoming entangled, like trees grown together, so you think that’s what it is.”
— V.E. Schwab, How Author V.E. Schwab Finally Found the Words to Come Out of the Closet
Tagged: gay, LGBTQ
“There’s this weird idea that success is a doorway, and once open, the path beyond is straight and clear. But success is just a moment, a step. The forward road comes from continuing to try—and fail.

Failure and rejection don’t cease to be a part of it, unless you stop trying to grow/reach/make/move.”
— V.E. Schwab
Tagged: Success, Failure, failure and success, Rejection, Life
“About 6 years ago, I made myself a promise: I would only write what I wanted to read. I wouldn't think about market, or audience, or anything else until a story was written. Before it could exist for anyone else, it has to exist for me.”
— V.E. Schwab
Tagged: Writing, writing experience, Writer's Mind, writer's protection, writing stories
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