“Writer's block isn't always a problem. It can be a process of writing that helps us write better.” — Jennifer Hudson Taylor Copy Share Image
“You will never learn how to write well if you don't learn how to edit.” — Sarah Gerdes Copy Share Image
“Stop calling yourself an authoress. You sound like an idiotess.” — Oliver Markus Malloy Copy Share Image
“I’m sorry for writing you a four-page letter. I did not have time to write you a one-page letter.” — Stephen Asbury Copy Share Image
“The quietest ideas often become the loudest stories.” — Christina Collins” — Christina Collins Copy Share Image
“Originality is not writing the story that has never been told, but writing the stories only you can tell.” — M. Kirin Copy Share Image
“To master magical realism, one must make the real seem unreal but, more importantly, make the unreal seem real.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“People say that writers write for money. From my own experience that's not true. I write for me. I publish for money.” — Greg Curtis Copy Share Image
“I've tried to explain to people that I don't 'love' writing any more than I 'love' breathing. It's something I do and… — Allison M. Dickson Copy Share Image
“...you do violence with your words if you force them - art is given - the words received, moment by moment from… — John Geddes Copy Share Image
Remember: when people tell you something’s wrong or doesn’t work for them, they are almost always right. When they tell you exactly… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
To Grandma, for being my first editor and giving me the best writing advice I’ve ever received: “Christopher, I think you should… — Chris Colfer Copy Share Image
“The only prophecy the artist can make with confidence is that he and his message will be misunderstood by a world that… — Chloe Thurlow Copy Share Image
“Everyone carries a story which can be a best selling novel, it’s just a matter of penning down your feelings on papers.” — Sohil Ashvin Shah Copy Share Image
“I know it's difficult in the beginning. But, listen. If you have the impulse to write, do yourself a favor, do the… — Christy Hall Copy Share Image
“Deal with your readers that they are smart, and write a language that suits their intelligence. - How to write the best… — Maryam Abdullah Alnaymi Copy Share Image
“If we are artists- hell, whether or not we're artists- it is our job, our responsibility, perhaps even our sacred calling, to… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
“If a writer writes something that he or she has never experienced, I think the reader can sense right away that it… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“Fiction should be in its way subversive. I don't think books should be neat or gentle or genteel or comforting. I think… — Edna O'Brien Copy Share Image
“Ten good lines out of four hundred, Emily—comparatively good, that is—and all the rest balderdash—balderdash, Emily." "I—suppose so," said Emily faintly. Her… — L.M. Montgomery Copy Share Image
“I can tell you that the writing of a book, no matter how deeply, profoundly personal-if it is literature, if you have… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
“There is a muse, but he’s not going to come fluttering down into your writing room and scatter creative fairy-dust all over… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Tell your story. Don't try and tell the stories that other people can tell. Any starting writer starts out with other people's… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Don't look back until you've written an entire draft, just begin each day from the last sentence you wrote the preceeding day.… — Will Self Copy Share Image
“Write what you know, and what do you know better than your own secrets?” — Raymond Carver Copy Share Image
“Biographies are best when written chronologically. Boring people don't make for good biographies.” — Deana J. Driver Copy Share Image
Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but that's the only way you can do anything really good. — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
“It takes courage to violate expectations, but sometimes the reward is a new level of success.” — Donald Maass Copy Share Image
“Daily life is always extraordinary when rendered precisely. We can unlock our lives with a pencil tip.” — Bonnie Friedman Copy Share Image
“Let at least one word of my writings impregnate the reader's heart.” — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“How do you feel when you read stuff written by dead authors? A visit by a ghost?” — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
“...some writers closet themselves - I write wherever I am because that's where life is happening ...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“There is a ruthlessness to the creative act. It often involves a betrayal of the status quo.” — Alan Watt Copy Share Image
“...it's good to know wave and particle alpha code, but more than that, the writer must go to the heart of life ...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“Words are the writer's sorcery, our dark arts and our sleight of hand. They're our enchantment and our temptation” — Karl Wiggins Copy Share Image
“Let your story grow. Let it surprise you, and it will certainly surprise your readers.” — M. Kirin Copy Share Image
“What are minnows but brief flashes? And what are thoughts? And how do you capture a brief flash, even for a second?” — Dinty W. Moore Copy Share Image
