“...and above all, you should not think of writing as a way of earning your living. If you do, your work will… — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
“Writing isn't about making money, getting famous, getting dates, getting laid, or making friends. In the end it's about enriching the lives… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Too often we sit back and speak platitudes of the nitty-gritty bits of writing; the editing, the story structure, the verbal sparring… — Rachel Heffington Copy Share Image
“6 criteria to upgrade literary production; Correct language, the power of the idea, the fluency in expressing, the connection between ideas and… — Maryam Abdullah Alnaymi Copy Share Image
Start telling the stories that only you can tell, because there'll always be better writers than you and there'll always be smarter… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Q: Do you have any advice for upcoming writers who want to pen weird stories? A: READ, damn it. Fill your brain… — T.E. Grau Copy Share Image
“Writing is a muscle. Smaller than a hamstring and slightly bigger than a bicep, and it needs to be exercised to get… — Colin Nissan Copy Share Image
“Destroy your life; then put it back together.You'll get great material, meet some fascinating characters and – side benefit – the skills… — Jerry Stahl Copy Share Image
“The beautiful unruliness of literature is what makes it so much fun to wander through: you read Jane Austen and you say,… — Kathy Fish Copy Share Image
“I hope you will go out and let stories, that is life, happen to you,and that you will work with these stories… — Clarissa Pinkola Estés Copy Share Image
“If the passage absolutely demands cursing, be moderate. A little of it goes a long way. I've seen beginning writers pepper curse… — David Morrell Copy Share Image
“Choose noble goals for your heroes. Make them Sympathize with the poor, collaborates on the good goals, always step forward for the… — Maryam Abdullah Alnaymi Copy Share Image
“Perfectionism is the enemy of the author. There is a difference between good writing habits and perfectionism. The author who displays good… — Gudjon Bergmann Copy Share Image
Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report written on… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“We’re at this really unique time, I think, in trans representation in popular culture where homelessness, depression, mental health issues, instability-in-general are… — Mitch Kellaway Copy Share Image
“Even great, best selling writers produce works that fall flat from expectations. This writing thing isn't easy and everything you produce won't… — Nancy Arroyo Ruffin Copy Share Image
“Fiction---good fiction, anyway---is dream made flesh, given purpose and drive, and set on a quest to show us the best in us… — Holly Lisle Copy Share Image
“I never presume to give advice on writing. I think the best way to learn to write is to read books and… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
Let the writer take up surgery or bricklaying if he is interested in technique. There is no mechanical way to get the… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
“If you want to write, you can. Fear stops most people from writing, not lack of talent, whatever that is. Who am… — Richard Rhodes Copy Share Image
“When I met a truly beautiful girl, I would tell her that if she spent the night with me, I would write… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“I honestly think in order to be a writer, you have to learn to be reverent. If not, why are you writing?… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“So they spread the paintings on the lawn, and the boy explained each of them. "This is the school, and this is… — David Morrell Copy Share Image
“A real piece of writing is one in which the writer has tried to enrich not only the book, but also his… — Karl Wiggins Copy Share Image
“When I think of the wisest people I know, they share one defining trait: curiosity. They turn away from the minutiae of… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
“Don’t wait. Writers are the only artists I know of who expect to get somewhere by waiting. Everyone knows you have to… — Daniel Quinn Copy Share Image
“Know something about the world, and by this I mean the world outside of books. This might require joining the Marines, or… — Douglas Wilson Copy Share Image
“I’ve learned that the creative life may or may not be the apex of human civilization, but either way it’s not what… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“An author needs a lot more than one person to succumb to his literary seductive charms, but, like Saul, he must realize… — Thomas McCormack Copy Share Image
“10 Steps to Becoming a Better Writer Write. Write more. Write even more. Write even more than that. Write when you don’t… — Brian Clark Copy Share Image
“I'm going to write a novel and get it published. I'm going to do it because writing a novel is worthwhile and… — Randy Ingermanson 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
“It's a terrible mistake to let the perfect get in the way of the good. If you wait to publish until you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Becoming a writer is about becoming conscious. When you're conscious and writing from a place of insight and simplicity and real caring… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
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