I don't remember ever having writer's block. If I sit in there for four hours, I'll usually have something. — Randy Newman Copy Share Image
“I don't get writers block. I get writer has too many ideas and doesn't know which one to start next, block.” — Tyler Hojberg Copy Share Image
Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“Whether a comment is bad, or good you are still inspiring people to read and write.” — John Hamrick Copy Share Image
Beauty breeds beauty, truth triggers truth. The cure for writer's block is therefore to read. — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
“I haven’t had writer’s block. I think it’s because my process involves writing very badly.” — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
“If you can't write, read. If you can't read, walk. Or walk and read, then write.” — Joyce Rachelle Copy Share Image
The trick to writer's block is to sack up and write through it, you see. — Jeph Jacques Copy Share Image
There's no such thing as a writer's block. If you're having trouble writing, well, pick up the pen and write. No matter… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
I've never suffered from writer's block. I have plenty of ideas, sometimes too many. I've always had a strong imagination. If it… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
One of the most difficult things is the first paragraph. I have spent many months on a first paragraph, and once I… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
Deciding to write a novel about something - as opposed to finding you are writing a novel around something - sounds to… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
I don't believe in writer's block. Most of writer's block is having too much time on your hands. My mantra is that… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I'm sitting in my office trying to squeeze a story from my head. It is that kind of morning when you feel… — Richard Matheson Copy Share Image
I don't like the expression "writer's block" because I think it presupposes that you have a problem with your plumbing. I really… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
I tell my students there is such a thing as 'writer's block,' and they should respect it. You shouldn't write through it.… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
I never have [suffered writer’s block], although I’ve had books that didn’t work out. I had to stop writing them. I just… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I would also argue that there is a good chance that an outline will help you stave off any onslaught of writer's… — Terry Brooks Copy Share Image
Writer's block — so what? Write something bad. Just throw it in the trash can when you're done, you're always improving. That… — N.D. Wilson Copy Share Image
“If you want to write, here's a secret: the writer's struggle is overrated, a con game, a cognitive distortion, a self-fulfilling prophecy,… — Roy Peter Clark Copy Share Image
I've never worked a day in my life. The joy of writing has propelled me from day to day and year to… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I do think that the idea of writer's block can be very self-defeating for most writers because it's taking a lot of… — Emily Barton Copy Share Image
My prescription for writer's block is to face the fact that there is no such thing… Writing well is difficult, but one… — Thomas Mallon Copy Share Image
Writer's block is a natural affliction. Writers who have never experienced it have something wrong with them. It means there isn't enough… — Stanley Kunitz Copy Share Image
Writing is something that you don't know how to do. You sit down and it's something that happens, or it may not… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
Writer’s block is my unconscious mind telling me that something I’ve just written is either unbelievable or unimportant to me, and I… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Then he went into the dining room, consulting his watch. It was ten thirty already. More than half the morning was gone.… — Richard Matheson Copy Share Image
“Writer's block comes from the feeling that one is doing the wrong thing or doing the right thing badly. Fiction written for… — John Gardner Copy Share Image
“Sometimes feeling blocked is simply a sign that we need to wait and let the natural course of events to unfold.” — Laurie E. Smith Copy Share Image
I've experienced writer's block, but never for more than a few days. — Walter Jon Williams Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as writer's block for writers whose standards are low enough. — William Stafford Copy Share Image
“Writer’s block is akin to a “vacancy” sign; if you wait long enough they will eventually fill.” — Nanette L. Avery Copy Share Image
he had been making an unsuccessful effort to write something about nothing in particular — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image