Writer 's block Quotes · Page 3

Writer's block? I've never heard of a plumber complain about plumber's block.

— Robert B. Parker

With two books a year, I don't have time for writer's block.

— James Rollins

Writer's block? Don't worry about it. Either it goes away or you die.

— Joe Haldeman

If you think of something, do it. Plenty of people often think, “I’d like to do this, or that.

— Lydia Davis

I work on multiple projects at a time because it keeps me from getting writer's block.

— Diana Gabaldon

writing about a writer's block is better than not writing at all

— Charles Bukowski

Sometimes writer's block is no more than a signal that you have not done enough research.

— Sophy Burnham

“Writer's block is caused by forcing your will on the Divine.”

— Chriscinthia Blount

“The wonderful thing about writing is that there is always a blank page waiting. The terrifying thing about writing is that there…

— J.K. Rowling

I don't like the expression "writer's block" because I think it presupposes that you have a problem with your plumbing. I really…

— Etgar Keret

“I’m fond of joking that when I get stuck in writing, I’ll kill a character or blow something up (in the novel…usually).”

— Beth Revis

I don't even subscribe to writer's block being a truthful thing. I've had writer's laziness quite often. But I think it's all…

— Martin McDonagh

I think writer's block is simply the dread that you are going to write something horrible. But as a writer, I believe…

— Roy Blount, Jr

[In The Dark Backward ] someone who has writer's block and kills people in A Cabin By The Lake. I guess he's…

— Judd Nelson

I suspect that writer's block afflicts mainly people who have some stable and ample source of income outside of writing. So far…

— Fred Saberhagen

Maybe one of the reasons that I don't ever experience myself as having writer's block is I don't feel that I need…

— Emily Barton

Writer's block is just a symptom of feeling like you have nothing to say, combined with the rather weird idea that you…

— Anonymous

Suggestions? Put it aside for a few days, or longer, do other things, try not to think about it. Then sit down…

— Neil Gaiman

“The struggle for a life extracts all our attention, and leaves us blind, deaf, dumb and senseless. The writer, the artist, the…

— Anu Lal

My prescription for writer's block is to face the fact that there is no such thing… Writing well is difficult, but one…

— Thomas Mallon

Writer's block is a natural affliction. Writers who have never experienced it have something wrong with them. It means there isn't enough…

— Stanley Kunitz

If you can't fall asleep, learn how to meditate. I would recommend you listen to a beautiful tape called Spiritual Power, Spiritual…

— Sandra Cisneros

When the bad stuff was really intense in my life, it was really what you would call writer's block. Your facility is…

— John Fogerty

I pretty much drink a cup of coffee, write in my journal for a while, and then sit at a computer in…

— Jess Walter

“Writer's block' is just a fancy way of saying 'I don't feel like doing any work today.”

— Meagan Spooner

In 25 years of writing novels, I've never had anything that felt like writer's block.

— Richard Powers

Nothing's a better cure for writer's block than to eat ice cream right out of the carton.

— Don Roff

Bucky Katt: A bad writer is just a good writer with writer's block.

— Darby Conley

There is no writer's block in a newsroom. There's only unemployment block.

— Carl Hiaasen

“You can’t think yourself out of a writing block; you have to write yourself out of a thinking block.”

— John Rogers

Writer's block.. when one curses the blinking cursor on the blank page.

— Regina Brett

“Sometimes writing is hard. You know what’s not hard? Watching Netflix. That’s easy.”

— Beth Revis

Writer's block is a fancy term made up by whiners so they can have an excuse to drink alcohol.

— Steve Martin

Usually writer's block arises when something is wrong internally with the story.

— Meg Cabot

If your wife locks you out of the house, you don't have a problem with your door.

— Anne Lamott

There is no such thing as writer's block. There is only not enough information. If you can't write, learn something.

— Nikki Giovanni

I think living in Israel and wanting to change reality is the best prescription for never-ending writer's block.

— Etgar Keret

I don't believe in writer's block or waiting for inspiration. If you're a writer, you sit down and write.

— Elmore Leonard

If surgeons don't get surgeon's block, then why are you allowed to get writer's block?

— Cory Doctorow

“I write whenever it suits me. During a creative period I write every day; a novel should not be interrupted.”

— Francois Mauriac