For years I dreamed of having the sort of massive oak slab…

To refer even in passing to unpublished or struggling authors and their problems is to put oneself at some risk, so I will say…

— Kingsley Amis

Writing is the life blood of everything in Hollywood. Without writers, there are no scripts, no acting work.

— Ali Wong

“I have from the first felt sure that the writer, when he sits down to commence his novel, should do so, not because he…

— Anthony Trollope

“Sometimes we don't know where we are going until we get there.”

— Jacqueline Simon Gunn

I have to declare in all candor that no one interested in being published in our time can afford to be so naive as…

— Richard Curtis

“At least I understood that writing was this: an impulse to share with other people a feeling or truth that I myself had. Not…

— Brenda Ueland

“It's a difficult path that we tread, us Indie self-publishers, but we're not alone. How many bands practicing in their dad’s garage have heard…

— Karl Wiggins

“The sooner you finish procrastinating, the sooner you can get back to your art.”

— Stephanie Lennox

“I travel to know the life of great souls in the pages of a book.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

I won't deny that I have a far more productive writing life without the Internet, mostly because I rekindle my ability to concentrate on…

— Heidi Julavits

“Art is too often discounted as a secondary priority. The writer is necessary to society.”

— Kayla Rae Whitaker

“The pen is an extension of my anatomy.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“No one ever does the last thing on their list.”

— Ariel Gore

Writing from life is how I feel most comfortable.

— Julien Baker

“Fictional worlds are a great place to indulge in unspoken fantasies. . .
 like writing the dad you never had. . . but desperately wanted growing up.”

— Jc Morrows