“The brain is like a muscle; books are the diet and writing is the workout.” — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
“When a solid first draft of an original tale is complete...you feel as if you could do anything.” — Christy Hall Copy Share Image
“Writing fluency sometimes needs an intense agony somewhere in your mind” — Munia Khan Copy Share Image
We absolutely need to reform the Congressional budget-writing process. — Patrick McHenry Copy Share Image
“Don't fool yourself. Talking about writing is not the same as actually doing it.” — Christy Hall Copy Share Image
The pleasure for me is in the writing process, which has its own challenges. — Thiagarajan Kumararaja Copy Share Image
Creative people feel huge ownership of our content; we want everything to be done ourselves. But in book writing, there's a process:… — iJustine Copy Share Image
“Having read several prize-winning novels, Fancy was confident that she now knew the recipe: 1. Write a simple narrative. 2. Make a… — Jaclyn Moriarty Copy Share Image
“Writers know all the good reasons for subjecting their work to a sharp trim. Early drafts are notorious for repetition, indirection and… — Pamela Erens Copy Share Image
“Each of us, along with our ancestors, inhabits the same cosmos. When we tell stories, we enter the stream of human consciousness;… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Never try to keep it professional, keep it smutty, write with bodily fluids on sandpaper, and damn the men with clipboards in… — Peter Selgin Copy Share Image
“There’s a difference between the ‘art’ of writing and the ‘craft’ of writing. Art is subjective, its beauty lies in the eyes… — Gerard de Marigny Copy Share Image
I just thought it was important that people knew right from the jump that I've got problems. But in all seriousness, that's… — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
All of my scripts are based on other people's novels. Generally, I consider myself as one who writes for theatre. I do… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
The writing process is more... it becomes a case of more like a diary for me. I mean, I write stuff down… — Christina Milian Copy Share Image
I was definitely looking for a reason to impose rules in the story during the writing process... a set of reasons that… — Jonathan Nolan Copy Share Image
“Writing is the dragon that lives underneath my floorboards. The one I incessantly feed for fear it may turn and devour my… — Quentin R. Bufogle Copy Share Image
“Oh God, for a few who will love me in tiny ways every single day of my flashing existence. For a mere… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
“I like what I do. Some writers have said in print that they hated writing and it was just a chore and… — Cormac Mccarthy Copy Share Image
“No writing is wasted. Did you know that sourdough from San Francisco is leavened partly by a bacteria called lactobacillus sanfrancisensis? It… — Erin Bow Copy Share Image
“I began writing late; my first articles and stories were published after I was thirty, and I was motivated by money. Money… — M.V. Carey Copy Share Image
“To all the talented young men who wander about feeling that there is nothing in the world for them to do, I… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
When the writing is good, a book becomes a mirror. The reader will see an uncanny familiarity and respond accordingly — Jen Knox Copy Share Image
Anxiety is not only an inevitable part of the writing process but a necessary part. If you’re not scared, you’re not writing. — Ralph Keyes Copy Share Image
“I recommend writing standing up from time to time. It's easier to dance when you finish writing.” — Diego Ramos Copy Share Image
The writing process was some of the most exciting and rewarding moments of my life. It felt a lot like being in… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
“Young people ask why I became a writer, as if it were something I decided. I didn't decide; it grew on me… — M.V. Carey Copy Share Image
“Many writers write because they’ve been there, seen that, did it and burnt their fingers” — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
“It's not the writing part that's hard. What's hard is sitting down to write. What keeps us from sitting down is Resistance.” — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
I make no apology about stirring the depths - every human longs to swim under water and see what lurks beneath — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Editing feels almost like sculpting or a form of continuing the writing process. — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
“If I can write, who possibly can’t. Even drawing a line in the sand is writing” — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
“Collaborating on a film script involves two people sitting in a room separated by the silence of two minds working together.” — Darlene Craviotto Copy Share Image
For me, the writing process is the same as the reading process. I want to know what happens next. — Neal Asher Copy Share Image
“Writing takes a pen, a sheet of paper and, to start with, just the shadow of an idea.” — Françoise Sagan Copy Share Image
As a writer I have to find platforms that can use this writing process. The internet is one of them. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“Writing is how I process the cacophony of each day. Prayer is how God makes sense out of my scribbles.” — Donna Pyle Copy Share Image
“Writing is like painting a painting. Layer over layer over layer.” — Kevin James Breaux Copy Share Image
