Writer 's block Quotes · Page 2

Art is not in some far-off place.

— Lydia Davis

Never stop writing because you have run out of ideas.

— Walter Benjamin

“The only reason you can't write is because you don't.”

— AA Patawaran

Writer's block is for people who have the luxury of time.

— Jodi Picoult

Just write every day of your life. Read intensely.

— Ray Bradbury

When faced with writer's block, lower your standards and keep going.

— Sandra Tsing Loh

he had been making an unsuccessful effort to write something about nothing in particular

— Aldous Huxley

“Writer’s block is akin to a “vacancy” sign; if you wait long enough they will eventually fill.”

— Nanette L. Avery

There is no such thing as writer's block for writers whose standards are low enough.

— William Stafford

I've experienced writer's block, but never for more than a few days.

— Walter Jon Williams

“Sometimes feeling blocked is simply a sign that we need to wait and let the natural course of events to unfold.”

— Laurie E. Smith

Don't be discouraged by writer's block. Writer's block just means you need to listen to other music.

— Ben Harper

The trick to writer's block is to sack up and write through it, you see.

— Jeph Jacques

I often tell people to stop being afraid of writing bad poetry, or bad anything. I think that a lot of times,…

— Sarah Kay

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

“I’m fond of joking that when I get stuck in writing, I’ll kill a character or blow something up (in the novel…usually).”

— Beth Revis

I don't even subscribe to writer's block being a truthful thing. I've had writer's laziness quite often. But I think it's all…

— Martin McDonagh

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

— Roy Blount, Jr

Deciding to write a novel about something - as opposed to finding you are writing a novel around something - sounds to…

— Martin Amis

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

Now [Sue Grafton] loves writer's block, seeing it as a message from the psyche that the narrative is headed in the wrong…

— Colleen O'Connor

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

“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

I don't believe in writer's block. There are good days when you're writing and less good days. I've learned that if it's…

— Judy Blume

Meggie Folchart: Having writer's block? Maybe I can help. Fenoglio: Oh yes, that's right. You want to be a writer, don't you?…

— Anonymous

Many times, what people call 'writer's block' is the confusion that happens when a writer has a great idea, but their writing…

— Pearl Cleage

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

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

In the end, I am quite normal. I don't have odd habits. I don't dramatize. Above all, I do not romanticize the…

— Jose Saramago

“On No Work of Words On no work of words now for three lean months in the bloody Belly of the rich…

— Dylan Thomas

“Then he went into the dining room, consulting his watch. It was ten thirty already. More than half the morning was gone.…

— Richard Matheson

“A man is a fool not to put everything he has, at any given moment, into what he is creating. You're there…

— Frank Herbert

“I don't know why I get jealous, since you don't make money or get any attention for it, but I guess it's…

— Anne Lamott

Don’t waste time waiting for inspiration. Begin, and inspiration will find you.

— H. Jackson Brown, Jr

People have writer's block not because they can't write, but because they despair of writing eloquently.

— Anonymous

Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness.

— George Orwell

“Whether a comment is bad, or good you are still inspiring people to read and write.”

— John Hamrick

Beauty breeds beauty, truth triggers truth. The cure for writer's block is therefore to read.

— Matt Haig

“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

I don't remember ever having writer's block. If I sit in there for four hours, I'll usually have something.

— Randy Newman