“A real piece of writing is one in which the writer has tried to enrich not only the book, but also his… — Karl Wiggins Copy Share Image
Let the writer take up surgery or bricklaying if he is interested in technique. There is no mechanical way to get the… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
“If you want to write, you can. Fear stops most people from writing, not lack of talent, whatever that is. Who am… — Richard Rhodes Copy Share Image
“For example, instead of saying that it was a rainy night, you can say, “At night she could see from her window… — Pawan Mishra Copy Share Image
“For a writer it was perhaps most important not to write, but to read. Read as much as you can because in… — Karl Ove Knausgård Copy Share Image
“...a deadline should not prevent you from writing, but writing will help prevent you from missing your deadline. Then write a word.… — Courtney Summers Copy Share Image
“I'm going to write a novel and get it published. I'm going to do it because writing a novel is worthwhile and… — Randy Ingermanson Copy Share Image
“An author needs a lot more than one person to succumb to his literary seductive charms, but, like Saul, he must realize… — Thomas McCormack Copy Share Image
“10 Steps to Becoming a Better Writer Write. Write more. Write even more. Write even more than that. Write when you don’t… — Brian Clark Copy Share Image
“Step back and scrutinize your work, to delve deep into the meaning behind the words, it will get both easier in some… — Darynda Jones Copy Share Image
“When I think of the wisest people I know, they share one defining trait: curiosity. They turn away from the minutiae of… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
“Thankfully existing only in SMALL pockets within our discipline, is “intellectual” snobbery. It’s a hushed but ugly truth that people are made… — Sandra Sealy Copy Share Image
“According to Wallace, the expectation that art amuses is a 'poisonous lesson for a would-be artist to grow up with,' since it… — Dorothy M. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Don’t wait. Writers are the only artists I know of who expect to get somewhere by waiting. Everyone knows you have to… — Daniel Quinn Copy Share Image
“Know something about the world, and by this I mean the world outside of books. This might require joining the Marines, or… — Douglas Wilson Copy Share Image
“I’ve learned that the creative life may or may not be the apex of human civilization, but either way it’s not what… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“Concentrate on sharpening your memory and peeling your sensibility. Cut every page you write by at least one third. Stop constructing those… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“You do not need to be temperamental or upset to be a novelist. Don’t embrace the tortured artist rhetoric that any life… — Bryant A. Loney Copy Share Image
Becoming a writer is about becoming conscious. When you're conscious and writing from a place of insight and simplicity and real caring… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“I used to be afraid about what people might say or think after reading what I had written. I am not afraid… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
“It's a terrible mistake to let the perfect get in the way of the good. If you wait to publish until you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Well, I like him. There’s a darkness to him. But does he make it all the way through?” She shrugged. “It’s entirely… — Nancy Holder Copy Share Image
