Bird Quote by Barbara Mertz

Writing is hard work. Generating stories that catch people's attention and holding it are very difficult.

— David Ogden Stiers

The writing itself is the thing that generates stories for me.

— Alice McDermott

“Stories hang from the trees, hive under the coffee table, gather like glass on the corners of the road. To pick them up one…

— Bonnie Friedman

Writing is a solitary pursuit and I think you have to be partially at peace with yourself, but it's the other part that's usually…

— Craig Johnson

Writers are a fascinating breed, because there are so many kinds of them, they are made by so many circumstances, conditions, and mysteries, and…

— William Saroyan

Writing is a process of discovering. I could never outline a narrative; that just sounds boring. There's no joy of discovery in what you're…

— Bob Shacochis

Writing has got to be an act of discovery. Finding out things about what one is writing about.

— Edward Albee

Writing is an extremely rewarding and humbling process, and I've learned to go with it, that even if it feels absolutely impossible, I will…

— Marie Lu

When you're writing, your mind has a place where the stories happen. With one word, you can get the idea of where you are.

— Luis Negron

Writing relies on very few things, my friend. All you need to write is your brain, a way to convey the story into existence…

— Chuck Wendig

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.

— E. L. Doctorow

Writing is a job, a craft, and you learn it by trying to write every day and by facing the page with humility and…

— Stephen Dobyns