There is a rule for fantasy writers: The more truth you mix in with a lie, the stronger it gets.
Quotes
Write a novel if you must, but think of money as an unlikely accident. Get your reward out of writing it.
Write a novel
The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think but to give you questions to think upon.
The purpose of a storyteller
Stop wasting time talking about your stories and get them on paper.
Stop wasting time talking
Don’t try to impress your reader with style or vocabulary or neatly turned phrases. Tell the story first.