“Write because you love it, not because you want to become rich. Your story will be better for it.” — Lana Axe Copy Share Image
“Upon the one thing every writer absolutely must have, and that is intellectual curiosity.” — Phillip Athans Copy Share Image
“Until you begin to write, then you shall know the wonders of the written word.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
“Your writing should be filled with simple complexities and complex simplicities. Because that is life.” — Christy Hall Copy Share Image
Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor; the enemy of the people. It will keep you insane your whole life. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“One expert may be as good as another until one writes a book” — Bernard Kelvin Clive Copy Share Image
“You cherry-pick events that are relevant to the story question and construct a gauntlet of challenge (read: the plot) that will force… — Lisa Cron Copy Share Image
“For many writers the goal is a 1,000 words a day. For me - just give me one thought, and the words… — Garry Fitchett Copy Share Image
“While the goal of a book is to create a positive emotional experience for the reader, the goal of the opening is… — Darynda Jones Copy Share Image
“Writing is like a lump of coal. Put it under enough pressure and polish it enough and you might just end up… — A.J. Dalton 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 time to write every day. The writing muscle is like any other muscle; the more you exercise it, the stronger it… — Judy Penz Sheluk Copy Share Image
“The solution to entrapment in the narcissistic hothouse of self is to not relinquish autobiographical writing, but to expand the self by… — Phillip Lopate Copy Share Image
“If you have a machine with three or four parts, you can shake them up in a box and it's still pretty… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
“Aspiring authors, get this through your head. Cover art serves one purpose, and one purpose only, to get potential customers interested long… — Larry Correia Copy Share Image
“Authors, such as William Zinsser, Steven Pinker, Natalie Goldberg, and Stephen King, who have all written exquisite books on the art and… — Gudjon Bergmann 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
“Perhaps the hardest thing in all literature— at least I have found it so: by no voluntary effort can I accomplish it:… — Lewis Carroll 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
Whenever I teach writing I tell them to never revise as you go. Finish the first draft. This is my writing advice.… — Matt de la Pena Copy Share Image
“I have a hardcore attitude: a “self-published, ghost-written book” is wrong because the concept behind self publishing is that you have knowledge… — Guy Kawasaki Copy Share Image
“Being a writer all boils down to this: It's you, in a chair, staring at a page. And you're either going to… — Alessandra Torre Copy Share Image
