Writing is the process by which you explain to yourself what happened to you. — Arlene Croce Copy Share Image
Many of the less prolific killers' stories go unheard because they simply don't make good books. — Pat Brown Copy Share Image
Writing is not, alas, like riding a bicycle: it does not get easier with practice. — Nancy Mairs Copy Share Image
Writer's block! It doesn't exist. You just long for ideas to go away so you have an idea of peace. — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
To be a dramatic writer takes hard work, talent, and discipline. And that's why I just make up crap. — Colin Mochrie Copy Share Image
“You write from what you know but you write into what you don't know.” — Grace Paley Copy Share Image
The most important thing for any aspiring writer, is to read! And not just the sort of thing you're trying to write,… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I was 35 when I started writing Shadow and Bone,' and my only goal was to finish a book because I had… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
American writers, at least those of us who are fortunate enough to support ourselves in the field, are by and large a… — Bryan Burrough Copy Share Image
...a writer's works, like the water in an artesian well, mount to a height which is in proportion to the depth to… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
I used to be a good story writer. I could make up a story with like, eight people in it and tell… — Danielle Bregoli Copy Share Image
Sajib: That's a good point. I find mslyef passing on novels over 400 pages these days. There's just not enough time. Thank… — Arman Copy Share Image
“Tolstoi made the writing of Stephen Crane on the Civil War seem like the brilliant imagining of a sick boy who had… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
A novel may take anywhere from two to five years to write and, in the end, you might manage a couple of… — Mordecai Richler Copy Share Image
Does housekeeping interest you at all? I think it really ought to be just as good as writing and I never see… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
I view askance a book that remains undisturbed for a year. Oughtn't it to have a ticket of leave? I think I… — Carolyn Wells Copy Share Image
“One of the speed reading techniques: Developing the skill of reading and researching by reading under the pressure of time, which means… — Maryam Abdullah Alnaymi Copy Share Image
“I'm an alien in my own world, a writer without words, a musician without a piano, a magician without a wand. I… — Nema Al-Araby Copy Share Image
Maybe it's all utterly meaningless. Maybe it's all unutterably meaningful. If you want to know which, pay attention to what it means… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
I've been asked to write a book several times; I've had several publishers come to me and offer me book deals. Especially… — Mike Portnoy Copy Share Image
“My salvation is to let all this roll over me, to write, write and write some more. To hammer keys until I… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
I think persistence in the face of adversity is an essential part of a writer’s job description. If you don’t care enough… — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image
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