Certain Quote by Anne Lamott

I can't explain inspiration. A writer is either compelled to write or not. And if I waited for inspiration I wouldn't really be a…

— Toni Morrison

Being a writer is part of a noble tradition, as is being a musician – the last egalitarian and open associations. No matter what…

— Anne Lamott

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

Writing, for me at least, takes a lot of concentrated work and effort. It takes dedication and the willingness to do the work even…

— Karl Iagnemma

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

I don't believe in inspiration. I write when I can't avoid writing anymore.

— Aleksandar Hemon

My father really taught me that you really develop the habit of writing and you sit down at the same time every day, you…

— Anne Lamott

The secret to being a writer is that you have to write. It's not enough to think about writing or to study literature or…

— Augusten Burroughs

My father told us all the time: to become a good writer takes writing. Because the more you do it, the better you get…

— Thomas Steinbeck

Inspiration is just one requirement for being a writer. Another is keeping regular working hours.

— Zelda Popkin

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

I have to live to write. But I try to discipline myself into writing on the spot as well. I think it's a misconception…

— Laufey