“Don't fool yourself. Talking about writing is not the same as actually doing it.” — Christy Hall Copy Share Image
“Writing fluency sometimes needs an intense agony somewhere in your mind” — Munia Khan Copy Share Image
“When a solid first draft of an original tale is complete...you feel as if you could do anything.” — Christy Hall Copy Share Image
We absolutely need to reform the Congressional budget-writing process. — Patrick McHenry 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
“What is your advice to young writers?” “Drink, fuck and smoke plenty of cigarettes.” — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
I know that sounds ineffective and daunting, but it [throw hundreds of pages away] is actually my favorite part of the writing… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
“Always remember that writing is an alliance between author and reader. With every line we put down on the page, we need… — Hal Zina Bennett Copy Share Image
If you get trapped in your head and out of your body during the writing process, it's very easy to make wrong… — Soman Chainani Copy Share Image
When I began to cover songs for YouTube, they all tended to be in the super pop-genre.. as in, smash-hit songs. My… — Alex Goot Copy Share Image
“I know it's difficult in the beginning. But, listen. If you have the impulse to write, do yourself a favor, do the… — Christy Hall Copy Share Image
“Dedicating a writing session to someone is like sending a prayer for them out into the world. I will never know if… — Elizabeth Rusch Copy Share Image
I grew up on film sets but more around the process of making films. I saw a lot of the editing process… — Alice Englert Copy Share Image
“My stories are my children. Some are sweet infants that I coddle and care for. Others are old enough now, they need… — Christy Hall Copy Share Image
“Writing is a solitary venture. Making use of a soundless void in the vortex of time the author enters the realm of… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Writing is an effort at truth telling, but each person’s version of truth and his or her means of conveying it are… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Writing is one method for revising a person’s outlook on life and observing the world and one’s place therein from an altered… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
It was always very important for us that we presented ourselves as a band, because it's a three-part writing process and it's… — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share Image
“I had found by experience that putting things down on paper helped to clear the mind in precisely the same way, as… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
“Some writers need to sink in order to feel what their characters feel; in order to write their characters with the truest… — Lori Lifsey Copy Share Image
“She would have thought that working and living in continuous happiness, harmony, and security day after day would lead to mental lethargy,… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“The difference between wanting to write and having written is one year of hard, relentless labour. It's a bridge you have to… — Shatrujeet Nath Copy Share Image
I envy those writers who outline their novels, who know where they're going. But I find writing is a process of discovery. — Jay McInerney Copy Share Image
“To find the courage to keep writing after constant failure is awesomeness. Winning is eminent.” — Sereda Aleta Dailey Copy Share Image
The writing process for me is pretty much always the same - it's a solitary experience. — Sheryl Crow Copy Share Image
“I prefer to be on the side of losers, the misunderstood or lonely people rather than writing about the strong and powerful.” — Núria Añó Copy Share Image
“Whenever I feel sad, I just take out my phone and listen to her laughter recorded in my online messenger.” — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
“What is it about us lady authors and our fascination for the exclamation mark?” — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
“Writing takes a pen, a sheet of paper and, to start with, just the shadow of an idea.” — Françoise Sagan Copy Share Image
For me, the writing process is the same as the reading process. I want to know what happens next. — Neal Asher Copy Share Image
“Collaborating on a film script involves two people sitting in a room separated by the silence of two minds working together.” — Darlene Craviotto Copy Share Image
I make no apology about stirring the depths - every human longs to swim under water and see what lurks beneath — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Editing feels almost like sculpting or a form of continuing the writing process. — Sydney Pollack 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
“The sooner you finish procrastinating, the sooner you can get back to your art.” — Stephanie Lennox Copy Share Image
I try not to think too much about my writing process - I tend to feel my way forward and find more… — Nick Petrie Copy Share Image
“Don't think about the writing process too much. Just do one thing: tell the motherfucking story.” — Don Roff Copy Share Image