“I haven’t had writer’s block. I think it’s because my process involves writing very badly.” — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
Procrastination: as endemic to and dreaded by writers as writers' block. — Jenna Blum Copy Share Image
“Yes, I felt very small. The typewriter seemed larger than a piano, I was less than a molecule. What could I do?… — Albert Sánchez Piñol Copy Share Image
“Many writers write because they’ve been there, seen that, did it and burnt their fingers” — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
Writing is 90 percent procrastination: reading magazines, eating cereal out of the box, watching infomercials. — Paul Rudnick Copy Share Image
Never stop writing because you have run out of ideas. Fill the lacunae of inspiration by tidily copying out what is already… — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
“If I can write, who possibly can’t. Even drawing a line in the sand is writing” — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
The free-lance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps. — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
“She meant you have to live a story for a time.' 'And?' 'And then you can write it, in time. What have… — L.L. Barkat Copy Share Image
I'm a little harsh. When people say, 'I have writers block. What do you suggest?' I say, 'If you can't write, don't… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
“You can edit what you write. Why not edit what you say? If it hurts somebody, you can still offer an apology… — Bangambiki Habyarimana 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
“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
“I have no doubt that Taylor Swift will call one day after suffering writers block: "Alfa, I was told that you were… — Alfa H Copy Share Image
I wrote my first book when I was 22 years old. I have a way with words and I love to write.… — Tony Gaskins Copy Share Image
“Not for the first time in the history of the universe, someone for whom communication normally came as effortlessly as a dream… — Terry Pratchett 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
“I then vowed to finally finish the years-late sequel to my best-selling book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. I… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“I have never experienced writers block and I've written every day since June 1972. But I have experienced the need to get… — Jan Marquart 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
“I deal with writer’s block by lowering my expectations. I think the trouble starts when you sit down to write and imagine… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
“If you get stuck, get away from your desk. Take a walk, take a bath, go to sleep, make a pie, draw,… — Hilary Mantel 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 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
“Allowing yourself to make mistakes can ultimately go beyond a writer’s block.” — Neeraj Agnihotri Copy Share Image
“Stop waiting for creative inspiration. Start creating and inspire yourself along the way.” — Ryan Lilly 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 have found repeatedly hitting my head with a mallet doesn't help at all, so i am open to suggestions.” — Steve Merrick Copy Share Image
“The last thing we discover in composing a work is what to put down first.” — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
When I'm writing, I write. And then it's as if the muse is convinced that I'm serious and says, 'Okay. Okay. I'll… — Maya Angelou 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
“How do you feel when you read stuff written by dead authors? A visit by a ghost?” — Bangambiki Habyarimana 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
“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
I might have missed my calling as an editor. In the spring, the sight of my empty garden beds gives me the… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
“I haven't written in a week. It's like holding your breath under water. You feel an awful constriction and then the instinct… — D.A. Botta Copy Share Image
Writing is 90% procrastination. It is a matter of doing everything you can to avoid writing, until it is about four in… — Paul Rudnick Copy Share Image
“You say you have nothing to write about? How do you find things to talk about? You can write about those things… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
“Writing isn't difficult. Writing well is difficult. What is most difficult is being with the interior experience that manifests as resistance to… — H Raven Rose Copy Share Image
That famous writer’s block is a myth as far as I’m concerned. I think bad writers must have a great difficulty writing.… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
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