Association Quote by Anne Lamott

“Dedication. DEDICATION. That is the only way to become a writer. Write every day. Write until your fingers bleed, your eyes bleed, your soul…

— Belle DiMonté

My dad taught me that to be a writer is a decision and a habit. It's not anything lofty, and it doesn't have that…

— Anne Lamott

One of the gifts of being a writer is that it gives you an excuse to do things, to go places and explore. Another…

— Anne Lamott

To be a writer is to connect and to play and to attempt to see clearly and understand. It astounds me regularly that feeling…

— Deb Caletti

If you're going to be a writer, you're going to write because you have to. It's not like other arts and not nearly as…

— Ian Sansom

Writing is work. It takes a lot of contemplation, concentration, and out-and-out sweat. People tend to romanticize it, that somehow your work appears by…

— Wendelin Van Draanen

Writing is really just a matter of writing a lot, writing consistently and having faith that you'll continue to get better and better. Sometimes,…

— Laura Kasischke

To be a writer is to sit down at one's desk in the chill portion of every day, and to write; not waiting for…

— John Hersey

Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that there's a…

— Alex Haley

Really, in the end, the only thing that can make you a writer is the person that you are, the intensity of your feeling,…

— Santha Rama Rau

You see, in my view a writer is a writer not because she writes well and easily, because she has amazing talent, because everything…

— Junot Diaz

Being a writer, writing for a living, is one long persistence game. Everyone wants you to quit. Quite often, you want to quit. You…

— Kameron Hurley