“This business of… being a writer is ultimately about asking yourself, ‘How alive am I willing to be?’” —ANNE LAMOTT” — Jeff Goins Copy Share Image
“writers shouldn’t spend all their time doing what they don’t enjoy. Instead, they need to do what they love. They need to… — Jeff Goins Copy Share Image
“Writing is mostly a mind game. It’s about tricking yourself into becoming who you are. If you do this long enough, you… — Jeff Goins Copy Share Image
“If you're going to fall out of love with public approval, something interesting will happen: people will be deeply attracted to your… — Jeff Goins Copy Share Image
“The writer must earn money in order to be able to live and to write, but he must by no means live… — Jeff Goins Copy Share Image
“Write something that’s worth fighting over. Because that’s how you change things. That’s how you create art.” — Jeff Goins Copy Share Image
“The truth was much simpler. When do you become a writer? “When you say you are,” he said. I” — Jeff Goins Copy Share Image
“If you're "one in a million", and the world is full of seven billion people, that means there are seven thousand people… — Jeff Goins Copy Share Image
“It’s a choice, writing is. One that belongs to you and me. We get to choose it (or not) every single day.… — Jeff Goins Copy Share Image
“Musicians become professionals by playing a hundred live shows. Likewise, writers become authors by publishing a lot of bad work (until it’s… — Jeff Goins Copy Share Image
“When I started writing every day, I realized a painful truth: I can’t react and create at the same time. Neither can… — Jeff Goins Copy Share Image
“The writer must earn money in order to be able to live and to write, but he must by no means live and write… — Jeff Goins Copy Share Image
“This is the world we live in today: a noisy, cluttered place in which the loudest voices get the most attention. And they are… — Jeff Goins Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, your ideas aren’t as good as you think. Other times, the world just isn’t ready for them.” — Jeff Goins Copy Share Image
“Fear, indecision, not knowing—these are the obstacles that keep you from moving forward. And they never go away. But if you are going to… — Jeff Goins Copy Share Image
“This is the Rule of the Scene, which says that places and people shape the success of our work far more than we realize.… — Jeff Goins Copy Share Image
“The truth was much simpler. When do you become a writer? “When you say you are,” he said. I” — Jeff Goins Copy Share Image
“Write something that’s worth fighting over. Because that’s how you change things. That’s how you create art.” — Jeff Goins Copy Share Image
“Every place you go, every person you meet, every job you have is a chance to gain greater clarity in your self-education.” — Jeff Goins Copy Share Image
“It’s a choice, writing is. One that belongs to you and me. We get to choose it (or not) every single day. So whether… — Jeff Goins Copy Share Image
“Struggle shapes our character. And character dictates what we will become.” — Jeff Goins Copy Share Image
