“Good ideas stay with you until you eventually write the story.”
“If you want to see the consequences of ideas, write a story. If you want to see the consequences of belief, write a story in which somebody is acting on the ideas or beliefs that she has. ”
“Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it's done right. ”
“You can't write ... on the strength of influence. You can only write a good story or a good novel by yourself.”
“The key to good writing is to leave Boo Radley in the house until the end of the story.”
“Remember that you don't write a story because you have an idea but because you have a believable character.”