Writing, real writing, should leave a small sweet bruise somewhere on the writer . . . and on the reader. — Clarissa Pinkola Estes Copy Share Image
“My writing is my real work. My job is merely the way by which I debase myself for money.” — Giando Sigurani Copy Share Image
No writing has any real value which is not the expression of genuine thought and feeling. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I'm writing about real things. Real people. Real characters. You have to believe what I write about is true or you wouldn't… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
Writing was my real life and I was more at home with the people of my imagination than with the best I… — Gertrude Atherton Copy Share Image
I really like writing from real-life experiences. Audiences seem to prefer the stuff I couldn't have made up. — Rebel Wilson Copy Share Image
All women are strong, and we don't need to write stronger female roles; what we need to start writing is real women… — Ella Purnell Copy Share Image
The single best piece of advice I give to aspiring writers is to always write about things that they know. I suggest… — D. J. MacHale Copy Share Image
I just tried to come up with some honest songs. What I was writing about was real plain stuff that I wasn't… — John Prine Copy Share Image
“Don't for once ever think that what you're doing is easy. If it feels that way, you're probably doing something wrong. Throwing… — Allison M. Dickson Copy Share Image
“If you are here because you think writing will always be fun, you're in for a disappointment. Writing -- real writing --… — M. Molly Backes Copy Share Image
I had to detach myself from myself, if that makes any sense, to conjure an authentic first-person voice. In that sense, it… — Kate Christensen Copy Share Image
I guess there's a sort of cycle with writing books. There's all the researching and then the imagining and writing - which… — Monica Ali Copy Share Image
“She'd filled twelve notebooks and still she hadn't stopped. Indeed, the more she wrote, the louder the stories seemed to grow, swirling… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
Settings are obviously important - and as a writer, you have to respect what was real at the time of the story… — Joan Lingard Copy Share Image
Writing about real stuff that really concerned me brought out my craft. If you're writing a story about, 'Is Lois Lane gonna… — Dennis O'Neil Copy Share Image
I don't think that writing, real writing, has much to do with affirming belief--if anything it causes rifts and gaps in belief… — Brian Evenson Copy Share Image
Fiction writing was in my blood from a very young age, but I never considered writing as a real career. I thought… — James Rollins Copy Share Image
Sometimes I feel that the people I'm writing are more real to me than the people around me. When you take that… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
I often write two books simultaneously. Usually one of them starts out as a fun experiment designed to give me a daily… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
To have someone who never makes a mistake, never finds her personal life in disarray, never worries about work-life balance? I think… — Sophie Kinsella Copy Share Image
I guess that my opinion of writing about real people is informed by defenses of Joyce Maynard's memoir, that the experiences were… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
Writing with voice is writing into which someone has breathed. It has that fluency, rhythm, and liveliness that exist naturally in the… — Peter Elbow Copy Share Image
I think it's so important that, if I'm writing about the real world, I stay true to it. I think that kids… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
I'm writing about real things. Real people. Real characters. You have to believe what I write about is true or you wouldn't… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
Let me back up a little and tell you why I prefer writing to real life: You can rewrite. A novel, for… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
I enjoyed singing and playing guitar but didn't have the stamina to make music-making a career. In reality, writing was my real… — Ann Powers Copy Share Image
