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
“You know, the whole thing about perfectionism. The perfectionism is very dangerous. Because of course if your fidelity to perfectionism is too… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
“Discipline allows magic. To be a writer is to be the very best of assassins. You do not sit down and write… — Lili St. Crow Copy Share Image
“Inspiration is the timid beast that comes to your open hand once you’ve fallen asleep having given up trying to coax it… — Shaun Hick Copy Share Image
“I never really feel that I’m stuck. I actually think that people are never stuck, there’s no such thing as writers block,… — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
“I have never experienced what is known as “writers block.” Ideas come to me as soon as my pen hits the paper… — Calvin W. Allison Copy Share Image
My mom is a great artist and she inspired me when I was young to sketch and draw, but I never took… — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
“The trouble with a baby, for writists, is that they take away your useful melancholy, even the energy to invent some.” — D.A. Botta Copy Share Image
“I used to be afraid about what people might say or think after reading what I had written. I am not afraid… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
“I apologize to my words for not nurturing you and giving you the attention that you deserve.” — Terry A O'Neal 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
“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
“When words don't come easy, I make do with silence and find something in nothing." ~ Strider Marcus Jones, Poet” — Strider Marcus Jones Copy Share Image
“Oh, how I've envied the lives of those who could spend life sitting down. A place to sit, a place to sit!… — Wolfgang Hilbig Copy Share Image
“Being self-employed means you work 12 hours a day for yourself so you don't have to work 8 hours a day for someone else.” — Oliver Markus Malloy Copy Share Image
Writing is 90 percent procrastination: reading magazines, eating cereal out of the box, watching infomercials. — Paul Rudnick Copy Share Image
“Make a list of all the varieties of aliens you can come up with. (And if it's less than 3,000, then THE… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
“Writing is hard . That's why so few people stick to it and actually finish things. And why you have a right… — Andy Ihnatko Copy Share Image
“You don't have to take it out on my typewrite ya' know. It's not the machine's fault that you can't write. It's… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
“Hemingway once said that ‘there is nothing to writing, you just sit down at a typewriter and bleed.’ What Hemingway failed to… — Sean Norris Copy Share Image
“Stop waiting for creative inspiration. Start creating and inspire yourself along the way.” — Ryan Lilly Copy Share Image
I actually prefer to work in as many different genres as possible as often as possible because I actually think the best… — Christopher Lennertz Copy Share Image
“Having writers block sucks more than my actual writing. And my writing would be astonishing if I could write how I feel.” — Ally Spina Copy Share Image
“I don't sit around waiting for passion to strike me. I keep working steadily, because I believe it is our privilege as… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
