“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
“But let the wise be warned against too great readiness at explanation: it multiplies the sources of mistake, lengthening the sum for… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“I don’t get writer's block because I don’t believe in it. I believe you sit in front of the computer and force… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
“A rain forest springs from the droppings of animals and grows greater than any cultivated garden; likewise, a great mass of literary… — Agona Apell Copy Share Image
“Writing structure is logical. Writing method at its best is instinctive. That way you get the benefits of both styles - improvisation… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
“...people quote proverbs without realizing they're really in awe of the authority of their truth and the power of their expression...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“It is certainly the case that if you are often reviewed, you will find yourself repeatedly blamed and praised for saying what… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“We don’t read to observe the character from a distance. We read to become the character and experience the conflicts and rewards… — Darynda Jones Copy Share Image
“...a deadline should not prevent you from writing, but writing will help prevent you from missing your deadline. Then write a word.… — Courtney Summers 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
“Thankfully existing only in SMALL pockets within our discipline, is “intellectual” snobbery. It’s a hushed but ugly truth that people are made… — Sandra Sealy 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
“According to Wallace, the expectation that art amuses is a 'poisonous lesson for a would-be artist to grow up with,' since it… — Dorothy M. Kennedy 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
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
“Never say you can't be a writer or a script writer, remember how well, characters in your dreams said their dialogues.” — Dipesh Nepal Copy Share Image
“Concentrate on sharpening your memory and peeling your sensibility. Cut every page you write by at least one third. Stop constructing those… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“You do not need to be temperamental or upset to be a novelist. Don’t embrace the tortured artist rhetoric that any life… — Bryant A. Loney Copy Share Image
“Well, I like him. There’s a darkness to him. But does he make it all the way through?” She shrugged. “It’s entirely… — Nancy Holder 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
“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
“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
“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
“Whenever I listen to an artist or an art historian I'm struck by how much they see and how much they know… — William Knowlton Zinsser 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
“The most important piece of writing advice: Have something to say. Whenever I have trouble writing, it’s because I’m trying to write… — GRETCHEN RUBIN 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
I couldn't imagine a more unreliable, more unprofitable way to make a living than writing. My advice? Show up, do the best… — Anthony Bourdain 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
“For example, instead of saying that it was a rainy night, you can say, “At night she could see from her window… — Pawan Mishra Copy Share Image
“For a writer it was perhaps most important not to write, but to read. Read as much as you can because in… — Karl Ove Knausgård 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
“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
“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
