L. Ron Hubbard Writing Quotations

Writing for a penny a word is ridiculous. If a man wanted to make a million dollars, the best way would be to start his own religion.

Every separate sector of artistic creation has its own basic rules . . . data which govern it. They are contained in the textbooks on these subjects. A professional knows the rules of the game as a matter of course so that he can achieve, in the upper strata above that, a high quality of art.

Technical Expertise is composed of all the little and large bits of technique known to the skilled painter, musician, actor, any artist. He adds these things together in his basic presentation. He knows what he is doing. And how to do it. And then to his he adds his message.

Y'know, we're all wasting our time writing this hack science fiction! You wanta make real money, you gotta start a religion!

What is generally missed, is that my writing financed research.

Learn to write when you would rather sleep. Learn to exercise this gift of language when no conscious portion of your wits can vibrate anything but worry. Learn to write so, my son, and you can call yourself a writer.

Lifes light. Life is light. You can make light do anything you want to. Photography means 'light writing'.

If you want to make a little money, write a book. If you want to make a lot of money, create a religion.

THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN CONTROL PEOPLE IS TO LIE TO THEM. You can write that down in your book in great big letters. The only way you can control anybody is to lie to them.

All men have inalienable rights to think freely, to talk freely, to write freely their own opinions and to counter or utter or write upon the opinions of others.

You don't get rich writing science fiction. If you want to get rich, you start a religion.