Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
The first sentence cant be written until the final sentence is written. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
“Stop calling yourself an authoress. You sound like an idiotess.” — Oliver Markus Malloy Copy Share Image
“I have written until I fell asleep with my computer on my lap. That can't be normal.” — Christy Hall Copy Share Image
You learn by writing short stories. Keep writing short stories. The money's in novels, but writing short stories keeps your writing lean… — Larry Niven Copy Share Image
“My fingers burn behind the keys of my typewriter, the lettering fading with every thoughtful strike. The many words I write I… — A.K. Kuykendall Copy Share Image
“One author said "I write because I want to live a footprint in the sands of history.” It's hard to live a… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I have been successful probably because I have always realized that I knew nothing about writing and have merely tried to tell… — Edgar Rice Burroughs Copy Share Image
Tell the readers a story! Because without a story, you are merely using words to prove you can string them together in… — Anne McCaffrey Copy Share Image
If you have other things in your life-family, friends, good productive day work-these can interact with your writing and the sum will… — David Brin Copy Share Image
“It’s one of those times when the question is its own answer…. The writing is itself the solution to the inability to… — Yael Shahar Copy Share Image
“The power of a writer is that he is a god of sorts. He can create his own worlds and populate them… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
“A writer reports on the universe. When he presents his credentials, the gates of heaven and hell are equally opened to him.… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
“... The Book is more important than your plans for it. You have to go with what works for The Book ~… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Writing is a solitary venture. Making use of a soundless void in the vortex of time the author enters the realm of… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“To be a decent writer you must have both empathy and imagination. While these attributes aid your art, they can plague your… — M.J. Rose Copy Share Image
“Coffee, my delight of the morning; yoga, my delight of the noon. Then before nightfall, I run along the pleasant paths of… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“It would be better to give up the notion of writing until you are better prepared. Now it's time to be living.… — Sherwood Anderson Copy Share Image
It is advantageous to an author that his book should be attacked as well as praised. Fame is a shuttlecock. If it… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“The secret to good writing is to use small words for big ideas, not to use big words for small ideas.” — Oliver Markus Copy Share Image
Resist the temptation to try to use dazzling style to conceal weakness of substance. — Stanley Schmidt Copy Share Image
Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
Science fiction writers, I am sorry to say, really do not know anything. — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
The work never matches the dream of perfection the artist has to start with. — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
