Writing ... it begins as an amusement, then it becomes a…

I have no wish for a second husband. I had enough of the first. I like to have my own way to lie down…

— Susanna Moodie

“I am a Mistress to others; you are the Master of me. Of my heart, mind and soul.”

— Joey W. Hill

I will have here but one mistress and no master.

— Elizabeth I

Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with it is a toy and an amusement. Then it becomes a mistress, then it becomes…

— Winston Churchill

I will have but one mistress and no master

— Anonymous

All writing begins in the sea of experience.

— Barry Lane

The writing begins when you’ve finished. Only then do you know what you’re trying to say.

— Anonymous

I believe writing is where it all begins; you can not make a film look different, you have to write it differently.

— Rakshit Shetty

Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere. Start by getting something—anything—down on paper. What I’ve learned to…

— Anne Lamott

Literature is what you write when you think you should be saying something. Writing begins when you'd rather be doing anything else: and you've…

— Kenneth Patchen

Everything in writing begins with language. Language begins with listening.

— Jeanette Winterson

Writing begins in the body, it is the music of the body, and even if the words have meaning, can sometimes have meaning, the…

— Paul Auster

“Heavy as such things are After the wordslide, the writing begins." From "Word Quake”

— Eileen Granfors

Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere. Start by getting something-anything-down on paper. A friend of mine…

— Anne Lamott

Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere.

— Anne Lamott