Better things Quote by Barry Hannah

It is impossible to distrust one's writing without awakening a deeper distrust in oneself.

— Nicole Krauss

I'm not too fond of the hard work and the constant battle with self-doubt that goes on when I write, but I figure that's…

— Robert Sheckley

Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is a short cut to oblivion, anyway. Thinking in terms of ideas…

— Raymond Chandler

Nothing trains you better to write fiction than being really good at writing about your own interiority.

— Emily Gould

I think that when you're writing fiction what you're doing is reflecting life as you see it, and putting down how you think and…

— Helen Fielding

When you're writing, you're demented, alone, and full of doubt. It feels dangerous.

— Joan Juliet Buck

My feeling is that I think writers in general tend to be self-conscious and it takes a bit of a leap of faith or…

— Conor Oberst

Never believe anything you think about yourself as a writer when you're not writing.

— David Milch

I think that writing is a process that tells you what you think. You sometimes actually don't know what your opinion is until you…

— Jerry Saltz

Writing is such a solitary thing, so it's nice, when I'm discouraged, to see people still have such faith in fiction.

— Robert Boswell

Writing is such a solitary thing, so its nice, when Im discouraged, to see people still have such faith in fiction.

— Robert Boswell

Writing is nature's way of letting you know how sloppy your thinking is.

— Anonymous