The writing life is essentially one of solitary confinement - if you can't deal with this, you needn't apply. — Will Self Copy Share Image
Persistence is worth at least as much as talent. The writing life is not a series of gentle encouragements. It's more like… — Gardner Dozois Copy Share Image
“I read a book, am vortexed in with no escape; my face contorts, eyelids frost, breath comes short, body longs, heart stop-starts.… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
“If I can write, who possibly can’t. Even drawing a line in the sand is writing” — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
“I think that’s why I write—the not knowing and the blasted good feeling I get out of it all.” — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
“Passionate attraction to someone of the opposite sex will make a hero or a fool of a novelist each time.” — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
You want to make a representative selection, but at the same time, you want to give a sense of the whole project.… — Barbara Hamby Copy Share Image
“The principal theme of any autobiography revolves around the brushwork of self-transformation, the freeing of the self from the strictures of self-imposed… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Most days, writing simply requires work-ethic, discipline, clarity, focus, time. Other days...it will demand absolutely everything of you.” — Christy Hall Copy Share Image
“Do whatever you have to do, avoid whatever you need to avoid, protect yourself however you need to protect yourself in order… — Robin Black Copy Share Image
“Writing is mental exercise and the preeminent method to train the mind to achieve a desirable state of mental quietude. Meditative writing,… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
There's been no nepotism in my acting artistic life, but I think it's been pretty clear in my writing life. I knew… — Aya Cash Copy Share Image
“I write what I want to read. If I were to write what I know, I'd be staring at a blank page… — R.J. Dennis Copy Share Image
“I hope I don't write TOO many books! When I look at authors who have written too many books, I wonder to… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“You are a writer when your overwhelming need to tell a story outweighs your fear of ridicule.” — Julie Rodelli Copy Share Image
What do you want? What are you willing to give up to get it? Writing requires you make sacrifices. Be prepared to… — Sandra Brown Copy Share Image
“Being blind is the worst possible thing and asking me to read and write no more is torture.” — Jessica E. Larsen Copy Share Image
“The Page awaits the Inspiration even as Inspiration roams the world of man, seeking a Page upon which to unfurl itself, body… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
“To work, her dumb lunge says, is to move a certain mass ...through a certain distance, is to pull your weight and… — Seamus Heaney Copy Share Image
“To ask how I feel about writing is to ask how I feel about breathing.” — Shakirah Bourne Copy Share Image
“As a young woman in college, I had no inkling about the sufferings of old age. Proper communication would have informed me… — Laura Bartnick Copy Share Image
