I do not write with ease, nor am I ever pleased with anything I write. And so I rewrite. — Margaret Mitchell Copy Share Image
It's just hard," Harry said finally, in a low voice, "to realize he won't write me again — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Writing for enjoyment of expression does not need an audience of more than one.” — Edith Schaeffer Copy Share Image
A writer's job is to destroy and then to build the thing back up again by a chosen means. — Barry Hannah Copy Share Image
I read everything: fiction, history, science, mathematics, biography, travel. — Martin Lewis Perl Copy Share Image
It is well to read everything of something, and something of everything. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A singer knows how he wants the song to go, and a writer visualizes how he wants the song to go. — Dennis Edwards Copy Share Image
Writers are lucky. Whatever the mood, no matter the longing, the writer can use his words to connect himself to any world… — Alan Zweibel Copy Share Image
I've never minded solitude. For a writer, it's a natural condition. But caring for a dementia sufferer leads to a peculiar kind… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
As for the healing, that comes from the writing, from living and writing. That's my catharsis. That's why I never regret sharing… — Karrine Steffans Copy Share Image
“There is no success of a nation that does not devote its literature to serve its affair. Does the awaited "reformation era"… — Ali Al-Tantawi Copy Share Image
What I tend to do is I try and get as much writing done... I get as much writing done at home… — John O'Keefe Copy Share Image
“There is something soothing about the act of writing, a drug that lures you into another world, but then forgets to stop,… — Alessandra Torre Copy Share Image
“She carried a notebook with her everywhere and brimmed with ideas. She often woke in the night and switched on the light… — Josephine Moon Copy Share Image
Unlike a typical professional, I can't quit my job to become a full-time author; I don't have that luxury. For me, writing… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
God hath given to mankind a common library, His creatures; to every man a proper book, himself being an abridgment of all… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
Writing fiction is like music. You have to keep it moving. You can have slow movements but there has to be a… — John Updike Copy Share Image
“WHODUNIT BY BRUCE TIERNEY | 838 words A slippery situation in the Gulf Black Horizon (Harper, $25.99, 384 pages, ISBN 9780062109880), the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“But it is fantasy to think that successful writers do not have these bored, defeated hours, these hours of deep insecurity when… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
A friend of mine said to me a year ago, "You're so lucky, Nancy, because Ronnie left you the library," She said,… — Nancy Reagan Copy Share Image
The most important thing for aspiring writers is for them to give themselves permission to be brave on the page, to write… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
The Ploughmen is as good a book as I’ve read in years. Kim Zupan’s language is as rich as Cormac McCarthy’s, and… — Rick DeMarinis Copy Share Image
Believe me, if anybody has a job and starts at 9, there's no reason why they can't get up at 4:30 or… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
