“The serious writer was aware of a paradox at the heart of his art: his inner world, the place of the strongest… — Marcus Speh Copy Share Image
“Journalism, to me, is just another drug – a free ride to scenes I'd probably miss if I stayed straight. But I'm… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“Oh God, for a few who will love me in tiny ways every single day of my flashing existence. For a mere… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
“But if the Busyness = Status equation works, it’s strictly because a social game has emerged wherein relatively privileged, educated people with… — Tasha Golden Copy Share Image
“Don't write 40k if the same story can be told in 10k words.” — Oliver Markus Malloy Copy Share Image
“And when he surfaces to a cramped hand, a crick in the neck, the sunlight shifted across the floor, a sore blink,… — Jo Baker Copy Share Image
“The writing that so thrills and exhilarates you, as if you were dancing right next to the band, is barely audible to… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
I'm amazed at how much my writing is improved when I step away from the computer, even in small amounts. If I'm… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
“I live, love and loathe my characters. They stole my mind. They stole my heart.” — Amaya Ellman Copy Share Image
There is nothing harder to estimate than a writer's time, nothing harder to keep track of. There are moments—moments of sustained creation—when… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I don't think you can reach your potential as a writer unless you're a passionate reader, AND read passionately.” — Michelle D. Kwasney Copy Share Image
One of the things that I love about being a writer is this. I wake up every day and I write for… — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
“It is wonderful how much news there is when people write every other day; if they wait for a month, there is… — Anna Buchan Copy Share Image
“Writing starts with living. —Rumors of Water: Thoughts on Creativity & Writing” — L.L. Barkat Copy Share Image
“Bartleby, just look at me. I wanted to do it once, too. Be a writer. Now I’m near 70, and the only… — Alena Graedon Copy Share Image
The report of my illness grew out of his (James Clemens) illness. The report of my death was an exaggeration. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Dogs and other animals - goats, donkeys, cows, a grumpy rooster - continue to change my writing life. — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
“If your written words become literal nails to crucify you with, then you have done your job well. You provoked a reaction,… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
“To write freely is to walk a joyous, terrifying, exhilarating path naked through the world of the fully clothed.” — Michele Garber Copy Share Image
“There are writers who write for fame. And there are writers who write because we need to make sense of the world… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
