“I've never yet run out of ideas what to write about... only out of time to write it in.” — Rayne Hall Copy Share Image
Writing is supposed to be difficult, agonizing, a dreadful exercise, a terrible occupation. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“A writer writes. There are no exceptions to this reality. No excuses. Stop wasting time talking about your stories and get them… — Christy Hall Copy Share Image
“Who thought up the dumb idea to arrange the memoir section in the bookstore by subject?” — Slash Coleman Copy Share Image
I've changed over my writing life. If I can generalize, I would say that the more recent poems - believe it or… — Gerald Stern Copy Share Image
“However, just like any line of work, writing is a negotiation, and creative control is as elusive as financial stability. I discovered… — Alice Driver Copy Share Image
Use original detail in your writing. Life is so rich, if you can write down the real details of the way things… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
“It is a long journey, not just as a writer, but as a human being. Take nothing and no one for granted,… — CK Webb Copy Share Image
“I write because I have to; because I wouldn't know what to do with my hands if I didn't.” — Angeline Trevena Copy Share Image
One of the accidental joys of my writing life has been that I've had some lovely, surprisingly good fortune with readers, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The story of what it means to be human is never complete. Every generation will produce its own share of comedies and… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“As writers we intend to make a difference, to alter people's lives for the greater good. . .this is why we write,… — Lee Gutkind Copy Share Image
“I think if you want to make a recipe for making a writer, have them feel a little out of place everywhere,… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
“A person’s life is a bounded thing that must end. We will leave this earth with unfinished business. Regardless of the outcome… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Split your skull—a hatchet works well enough. Take a more delicate instrument—a scalpel, perhaps—and make a hand-sized slit; it doesn’t matter where.… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
“All writers are demonic dreamers. Writing is an act of sharing experiences and offering of an individualistic perspective of our private attitudes… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
My mother had died when I wrote my first book. I was twenty-seven, so it was right at the beginning of my… — Anne Roiphe Copy Share Image
“The writer has to die to give birth to the intellectual in the service of the wretched of the earth.” — Annie Cohen-Solal Copy Share Image
“One author said "I write because I want to live a footprint in the sands of history.” It's hard to live a… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
“GENERAL NOTE TO MYSELF - Douglas Adams Writing isn’t so bad really when you get through the worry. Forget about the worry,… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“Confession: I don't want to be one of my characters. I'm mean to them sometimes. Really mean.” — Michelle M. Pillow Copy Share Image
“When I started to learn how to read, I discovered the same kind of power. I could create an environment that I… — Donald Richie Copy Share Image
“One of the greatest gifts we can give someone is our undivided attention--a thought that whispers constantly in the ear of any… — Ella J. Fraser Copy Share Image
