“I never had any doubts about my abilities. I knew I could write. I just had to figure out how to eat… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
“To wake up every day with a whisper of a dream and then put pen to paper to make it a reality” — Samuel Colbran Copy Share Image
Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“It's like I get into a roller coaster, and sit there while it goes up and down and upside down and sometimes… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“If a book can save—redeem us from the mediocrity of the mundane—surely, there must be a God.” — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
“Oil may run out, liquidity may dry up, but as long as ink flows freely, the next chapter of Life will continue… — Alex Morritt Copy Share Image
“Fiction gives us a reach into the lives of individuals that would otherwise be but a closed door. If we are gifted… — James D. Maxon Copy Share Image
“Autobiographical writing acts as a timeless testament to each person’s epic record of adventure, heartache, road to perdition, and achievement of a… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Writing is a beast to tame, an energy to transform. Whip that toad into a prince and French kiss it to life.… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
“You want to get your book to press. You rush it through. Revision number twenty—done. Do you really need twenty more? Yes.… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
“I sometimes think if I did not write I would be a madwoman. Now I am a sane woman with a lot… — Kendall Hailey Copy Share Image
“It’s hard to find anything to say about life without immersing yourself in the world, but it’s also just about impossible to… — Tim Kreider Copy Share Image
“Discovering Distilled Creativity "Amazing how sitting down to listen with no distractions - no tv, no devices, no radio - can enhance… — Sandra Sealy Copy Share Image
“...{N}othing is harder for the developing writer than overcoming his anxiety that he is fooling himself and cheating or embarrassing his family… — John Gardner Copy Share Image
“I am the sum of my past experience. Some people have got a lot to answer for.” — Peter James West Copy Share Image
“Panic strikes me when I think about a sentence that isn’t given the chance to live because I don’t have a pen… — Adi Alsaid Copy Share Image
“Without a doubt the two best words in the English language are The End” — Ken Scott 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
“Your first draft is a petulant teenager, sure it knows best, adamant that its Mother is wrong. Your third draft has emerged… — Angeline Trevena 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
“It’s amazing how fast you can write when there’s a gun to your head.” — Steven Ramirez Copy Share Image
“And here you see me working out, as cheerfully and thankfully as I may, my doom of sharing in the glass a… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“Write a little. Read a little. Dick around on the internet. Post something to Pinterest or Facebook. Text a friend. Write some… — Katrina Monroe Copy Share Image
