Writer's block is just another name for fear.

“Writer's block' is just a fancy way of saying 'I don't feel like doing any work today.”

— Meagan Spooner

“Inspiration is the timid beast that comes to your open hand once you’ve fallen asleep having given up trying to coax it from its…

— Shaun Hick

“Begin your new story on a blank page, and like lonely footprints along a snowy path, the rest will follow...”

— Nanette L. Avery

“What I've learned about writing is that sometimes less is more, while often more is grander. And both are true.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“With poetry and writing, the question isn’t “do you know the right words?”. The real question is, “can you make words from the unwordable,…

— Jacob Nordby

And he be lining down the block just to watch what I got.

— Fergie

writing about a writer's block is better than not writing at all

— Charles Bukowski

“I deal with writer’s block by lowering my expectations. I think the trouble starts when you sit down to write and imagine that you…

— Malcolm Gladwell

That famous writer’s block is a myth as far as I’m concerned. I think bad writers must have a great difficulty writing. They don’t…

— Gore Vidal

I think writer's block is simply the dread that you are going to write something horrible. But as a writer, I believe that if…

— Roy Blount, Jr

Writer’s block is my unconscious mind telling me that something I’ve just written is either unbelievable or unimportant to me, and I solve it…

— Orson Scott Card

“I haven’t had writer’s block. I think it’s because my process involves writing very badly.”

— Jennifer Egan

“Allowing yourself to make mistakes can ultimately go beyond a writer’s block.”

— Neeraj Agnihotri

“One author said "I write because I want to live a footprint in the sands of history.” It's hard to live a footprint in…

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

“I used to be afraid about what people might say or think after reading what I had written. I am not afraid anymore, because…

— Bangambiki Habyarimana