“There are three certainties in a writer's life: death, taxes, and rejection letters.” — T.L. Rese Copy Share Image
For me, the writing life doesn't just happen when I sit at the writing desk. It is a life lived with a… — Julia Alvarez Copy Share Image
“When sitting in an armchair isn't enough… I write. What I mean is that when it no longer suffices to sit and… — Anna Belfrage Copy Share Image
“To speak, to write , without charm is to make utterances without reference to a reality outside oneself. It is an act… — Patricia Hampl 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
“People who make snide comments to authors like "anyone can write a book" or "well, you did it, so obviously I can/it… — Michelle M. Pillow Copy Share Image
In terms of people that I know, my grandmother and my mother are huge influences on my writing life because they are… — Tea Obreht Copy Share Image
“I’m sorry if...I get too personal, if I make you uncomfortable, but writing is like one of the seven deadly sins, like… — Shannon Celebi Copy Share Image
“I like what I do. Some writers have said in print that they hated writing and it was just a chore and… — Cormac Mccarthy Copy Share Image
“If I propose to myself and myself says yes, I get to have the cake, right? I love me, so I’m thinking… — Michelle M. Pillow Copy Share Image
“Those who speak in spiritual terms routinely refer to God as creator but seldom see "creator" as the literal term for "artist".… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
When I started writing after my career as an actor, I knew that that other life in the film industry would be… — James Franco Copy Share Image
“By living, thinking, even dreaming the story in one continuous process, ideas came faster and faster. Sometimes the typewriter keys would fly… — Walter B Gibson Copy Share Image
when I talk about a writing life, I'm talking about a life in which writing is the dominant response to living. — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
Coming up with ideas is the easiest thing on earth. Putting them down is the hardest. — Rod Serling Copy Share Image
The first thing you have to learn when you go into the arts is to learn to cope with rejection. If you… — Warren Adler Copy Share Image
“Get to work. Your work is to keep cranking the flywheel that turns the gears that spin the belt in the engine… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
“A writing tablet evidences the writer’s mind shadows, the dark twin that sketches the meandering of our conscious mind and taps into… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“I feign knowledge of writing: that I know something about it, that I should have learned something after all these years, that… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
