Being-a-writer Quote by Amaya Ellman Download Open image ““If I don't stay in and write, I feel like a prisoner.”” — Amaya Ellman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Being-a-writer For-writers Passion Writing Writing life Writing-tips
“It had never occurred to me that simply being with a fellow prisoner would make me feel like I was still in prison.” — Elizabeth Wein Copy Share Image
“You are in prison. If you wish to get out of prison, the first thing you must do is realize that you are in… — G.I. Gurdjieff Copy Share Image
“No one is a prisoner. Even you have the power to make your own choices.” — Dhonielle Clayton Copy Share Image
“The best kind of prisoner is one who doesn’t even know he’s in prison.” — Pittacus Lore Copy Share Image
“I like visiting people in prison. I can say whatever I want to them, and they can’t do anything about it.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Sometimes; I am caught in my building of emotions - but my prison has, curiously, no bars - and so I think, that escape,… — sir kristian goldmund aumann Copy Share Image
“I miss the restraints. In a way, they allowed me the freedom to writhe and flail. They gave me something and someone to fight… — C.J. Roberts Copy Share Image
“You came out of prison incredibly buff or with an addiction to paperback novels.” — Heather O'Neill Copy Share Image
“You're a girl. Someday you'll want to be a prisoner to someone other than yourself.” — Jodi Lynn Anderson Copy Share Image
“Please, never tell me what 'horror erotica' is. Real #art is being lost in a bizarre swamp of over-processed, sexually exploitative garbage.” — Amaya Ellman Copy Share Image
“Creativity is as much about order against freedom; control versus rebellion; organisation against disorder as it is about straightforward imagination.” — Amaya Ellman Copy Share Image
“Writing is a solitary existence, especially if you forget to chat to your friends – sorry, I meant characters.” — Amaya Ellman Copy Share Image
“You have to know your own mind inside out before you can know the minds of others.” — Amaya Ellman Copy Share Image
“I live, love and loathe my characters. They stole my mind. They stole my heart.” — Amaya Ellman Copy Share Image
“Writing is just building a new world – one character, one place, one maniac at a time.” — Amaya Ellman Copy Share Image
“Disorder, disobedience & rule breaking are features of all my stories.” — Amaya Ellman Copy Share Image
“Day after day, week after week; writing great fiction takes time, emotion, skill and effort.” — Amaya Ellman Copy Share Image
“The out-dated imagery of sitting over a dusty typewriter staring at blank pages for years is a fallacy and probably designed to keep you… — Kytka Hilmar-Jezek Copy Share Image
“I'm finally coming to terms with the unalloyed insanity of being a writer. Now that's coming out.” — A.K. Kuykendall Copy Share Image
“Don’t be a poet, my darling The taxidermist for ideas and lost dreams” — Erna Grcic Copy Share Image
“To become a writer a person must read constantly, the more varied the writers and their material then all the better. One must also… — Andrew James Pritchard Copy Share Image
“And this is what being an artist means, being a poet? To sacrifice yourself for your art, sacrifice your heart for your art, because… — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
“My mother, who is a pianist and a fine artist, purchased a piano for me. Twice. This was back when I was a small… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“Artists shouldn't wait until they are told what their art should be, they shouldn't follow trends or allow other people to influence their work,… — Andrew James Pritchard Copy Share Image
“There are times when I can't believe how much ridiculous stuff happens to me and how brilliant it is to be in a position… — Carla H. Krueger Copy Share Image
