“Sweat, blood, and tears mean nothing in your writing if you’re not willing to burn what doesn’t work.” — Jason E. Hodges Copy Share Image
“Joy's life in the doing (..) I mean it's the writing, not the being read that excites me.” — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Nobody told all the new e-mail writers that the essence of writing is rewriting. Just because they are writing with ease and… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
Too indolent to bear the toil of writing; I mean of writing well; I say nothing about quantity. [Lat., Piger scribendi ferre… — Horace Copy Share Image
On the other hand, I mean, that is what writers have always been supposed to do, was to rely on their own… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
It takes me a long time to write, and I trust myself, so I write very sparsely, so when I do, I… — Earl Sweatshirt Copy Share Image
“remember, you were a writer before you ever put pen to paper. just because you were not writing externally. does not mean… — Nayyirah Waheed Copy Share Image
Anybody who likes writing a book is an idiot. Because it's impossible; it's like having a homework assignment every stinking day until… — Lewis Black Copy Share Image
Writing style is something is a consequence of who you are. I think that I had a certain propensity for a style… — Gary Giddins Copy Share Image
“Anybody who likes writing a book is an idiot. Because it's impossible, it's like having a homework assignment every stinking day until… — Lewis Black Copy Share Image
“Yes, I know what you mean about writing and writers. We seem to have lost the target. Writers seem to write to… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image