“Why are we reading, if not in hope of beauty laid bare, life heightened and its deepest mystery probed? Can the writer… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
“People should know better than to be an ass in front of writers. We immortalize things. Lots of things. And we take… — Michelle M. Pillow Copy Share Image
“I'm merely dying to be remembered for simply writing about my living memories” — Michael Biondi Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you have to go a little crazy before you can find sanity. I think I'm close.” — Tawny Lara Copy Share Image
“The beauty of writing is imagining new endings to a time of darkness, like burning off a morning fog with the heat… — J.J. Brown Copy Share Image
“Writing doesn’t get any easier with time or talent. If writing is easy for you, you’re probably still learning the craft. You… — Darynda Jones 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
“You may be a serious writer if …. 10. your hard drive is littered with random notes and story ideas … but… — Kathy Disanto Copy Share Image
“I knew how severe I had been and how bad things had been. The one who is doing his work and getting… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
“In her spare time she scribbled her thoughts, wishes and dreams, life and times. It kept her sane despite her loneliness.” — Aporva Kala Copy Share Image
“Blessed are the weird people: poets, misfits, writers mystics, painters, troubadours for they teach us to see the world through different eyes.” — Jacob Nordby Copy Share Image
“They are so beautiful: your words" she told me. And I said "No, you are!” — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
Many aspects of the writing life have changed since I published my first book, in the 1960s. It is more corporate, more… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
“I remember, for instance, the first time I went to the great palace of Versailles outside Paris and how, as I wandered… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
“What do you do when your head - your imagination is filled with tales to last a hundred lifetimes? You focus on… — Storm Princeholm Copy Share Image
“Don't think too much. There'll be time to think later. Analysis won't help. You're chiseling now. You're passing your hands over the… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
“The secret of being a successful writer is--write. Every writer deserves that chance.” — Millicent Ashby 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
“From ... the age of five or six, I knew that when I grew up I should be a writer. ... I… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“Bulldogs are wonderful creatures to include in books. Besides their adorable bulldogishness, they provide the writer with a rare chance to use… — Rachelle McCalla Copy Share Image
