Often the block [in writing] comes from the wall of words…

I don't believe in writer's block, writing well is very easy; it's writing horribly, the horrible work necessary to do to get to writing…

— Dean Young

Comfort, simplicity, practicality - these are all American words. It is simplicity in fabric and way of cut. You cannot produce complicated clothes or…

— Zoran

I don’t worry anymore about writing. There are times that I go through dry periods. I never go through a block. I’m always writing,…

— Dorianne Laux

I'm not patient at all. I avoid writer's block by writing. I power through with a bad version, so I can move on, and…

— Anders Holm

All my years to this moment All my roads to this wall. All my words to this silence All my pride to this fall.…

— Catherine Fisher

“There were a story scripted on the wall, no words used though, just pictures, memories, from another world. Her happy place.”

— Stine Saugmann

A definition is the enclosing a wilderness of idea within a wall of words.

— Samuel Butler

All good writing comes out of aloneness.

— Sam Shepard

“I've worked really hard to make myself a better writer. I don't think writing is something that comes to people naturally; it is a…

— Nathan Nixon

I have great difficulty sitting in the middle of the night and writing. Everything I do comes spontaneous. Sometimes it takes a long time;…

— Ravi Shankar

I learned to write by listening to people talk. I still feel that the best of my writing comes from having heard rather than…

— Gayl Jones

I think if the writing comes too easily, it shows - it's usually hard to read.

— Tracy Kidder

“The real importance of reading is that it creates an ease and intimacy with the process of writing; one comes to the country of…

— Stephen King

Because I'm an art historian, I have some experience of writing that comes out of close attention. That's what really art history is. You're…

— Teju Cole

Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write.

— Annie Proulx