Believe Quote by Bonnie Friedman

our finest writing will certainly come from what is unregenerate in ourselves. It will come from the part that is obdurate, unbanishable, immune to…

— Bonnie Friedman

To gain the book, one must give up all hope for the book. It is the only way the book can get written.

— Bonnie Friedman

“Daily life is always extraordinary when rendered precisely. We can unlock our lives with a pencil tip.”

— Bonnie Friedman

What is this thing that has us chewing at our own selves, grating ourselves against our own sharp sieve? It is the act of…

— Bonnie Friedman

“We should be told: Write fast, write close to the bone, write for ten hours straight until you’re not thinking in words anymore, but…

— Bonnie Friedman

Daily life is always extraordinary when rendered precisely.

— Bonnie Friedman

“An unhurried sense of time is in itself a form of wealth.”

— Bonnie Friedman

The antidote to envy is one's own work. Always one's own work. Not the thinking about it. Not the assessing of it. But the…

— Bonnie Friedman

Fiction structures an experience for the reader to live through. ... That is why people read: to have experiences.

— Bonnie Friedman

How we learn is what we learn.

— Bonnie Friedman

Successful writers are not the ones who write the best sentences. They are the ones who keep writing.

— Bonnie Friedman

Writing teaches writing. Your writing will teach you how to write if you work hard enough and have enough faith.

— Bonnie Friedman