Top 6 Quotes by Robert Newton Peck

Never miss a chance to keep your mouth shut.

Never miss a chance to keep your mouth shut.

Robert Newton Peck

Humorous, Missing, Mouths

A plot is two dogs and one bone.

Robert Newton Peck

Dog, Two, Plot

Robert Newton Peck (1988). “Secrets of successful fiction”, Accord Communications Ltd

A good writer writes with a camera, not a pen.

Robert Newton Peck

Writing, Cameras, Good Writers

Writers, good ones, don't tell stories. Characters show stories.

Robert Newton Peck

Character, Stories, Shows

Robert Newton Peck (1983). “Fiction is folks: how to create unforgettable characters”

I’d heard about the Baptists from Jacob Henry’s mother. According to her, Baptists were a strange lot. They put you in water to see how holy you were. Then they ducked you under the water three times. Didn’t matter a whit if you could swim or no. If you didn’t come up, you got dead and your mortal soul went to Hell. But if you did come up, it was even worse. You had to be a Baptist.

Robert Newton Peck

Mother, Water, Swim