Breathing Quote by Dani Shapiro

Writing well has everything to do with being able to read one's own work with an eye toward the unmet possibilities that are there.

— Lucy Calkins

Writing is thinking. To write well is to think clearly. That's why it's so hard.

— David McCullough

Writing well is at one and the same time good thinking, good feeling, and good expression; it is having wit, soul, and taste, all…

— Anonymous

Writing is a muscle that needs to be exercised every day: The more you write, the easier it becomes.

— Jane Green

Writing is a tool of transformation and can shine the light on the inside, dispelling darkness, taking us through external layers, bringing us closer…

— Hillary Carlip

Writing's a lot like cooking. Sometimes the cake won't rise, no matter what you do, and every now and again the cake tastes better…

— Neil Gaiman

Writing is like hitting yourself on the head with a hammer. It always feels good when you finish.

— Ray Guy

To write well is to think well, to feel well, and to render well; it is to possess at once intellect, soul, and taste.

— Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

Writing is a combination of being alert to your outer surroundings and alive to your inner reality.

— Julia Cameron

“Writing is a muscle. Smaller than a hamstring and slightly bigger than a bicep, and it needs to be exercised to get stronger. Think…

— Colin Nissan

“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

Writing is.... being able to take something whole and fiercely alive that exists inside you in some unknowable combination of thought, feeling, physicality, and…

— Mary Gaitskill