“I resolve to write a new chapter of my life every new day in the New Year.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
“I can tell you that the writing of a book, no matter how deeply, profoundly personal-if it is literature, if you have… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
“I must write now and quickly, before I begin to prefer the perfect version that lives in my head.” — Lettie Prell Copy Share Image
“When I consider writing I sometimes wonder why doesn't everybody do it, other times I wonder why does anybody do it.” — Tonny K. Brown Copy Share Image
The act of putting pen to paper encourages pause for thought, this in turn makes us think more deeply about life, which… — Norbet Platt Copy Share Image
“I turn back to the page to obsessively invent still more damaged and heroic versions of myself before the fire dies out… — Mark Lanegan Copy Share Image
“You're never as good a writer as you think you are, and you're never as bad. Just keep reading and writing, writing,… — Don Roff Copy Share Image
“When I'm writing, I make words my b*tch. But when I'm editing, the words make me their b*tch. It all equals out… — Richard B. Knight Copy Share Image
“There are many things you can lie your way through; poetry is not one of them.” — Nicole Lyons Copy Share Image
“Writers are often given the gift of being spectacularly unhappy, so that they can record the full depth of feeling.” — Grace Bridges Copy Share Image
“When I write, I write obsessively. I try to pace myself, but some fires are too hot to put out.” — Carla H. Krueger Copy Share Image
“There has to be something other than keeping busy that gives human life value, because our society so often functions as if… — Tasha Golden Copy Share Image
“A writer needs to ingest love to be passionate. Passion is a metabolite of love, and good writing is an active metabolite… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“Learn to write well and you will walk on water and turn wine into opium. You will speak a thousand new tongues… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“I love being by myself. I love it when it works, and I can't for the life of me figure out how… — Sue Grafton Copy Share Image
“Books are like horcruxes--without all the evil--because a piece of the author goes into each one.” — Ella J. Fraser Copy Share Image
But the writing life, it turned out, was difficult. It wasn't like you could sit down and flip a switch and crank… — Jeanne Marie Laskas Copy Share Image
“Writing is not a hobby. Collecting stamps or coins is a hobby. Writing is a calling.” — Barbara Abercrombie Copy Share Image
“Writing is my joy, is my comfort zone, it strengthens my feeble knees and it frees my troubled heart.” — Euginia Herlihy Copy Share Image
You honor your writing space by recovering, if you are an addict. You honor your writing space by becoming an anxiety expert,… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
“Writing is like surfing on a wild sea, in the middle of a moonless night, in a hailstorm, on a deserted island.… — Heena Rathore P Copy Share Image
“Today I fed him right off the bat, and only checked Facebook twice.” — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
