Every day Quote by Darrell Pitt

“Inspiration is the act of drawing the chair up to the writing table.”

— Orhan Pumuk

“He needed more than vague explanations and abstract ideas—but those were the very soul of art. If you could explain something perfectly, then you’d…

— Brandon Sanderson

“When people really are writers, they write. Artists draw. Golfers golf. Fish swim. Can’t keep them from it; it’s who they are. They may…

— David Brisbin

“A writer will find inspiration anywhere. They have to look and see, that's all. Then they have to write.”

— Dermott Hayes

“You get no writing done at all if you sit at a table with a view. You'd spent the whole time watching the birds…

— Mary Stewart

“Writing is a craft and needs constant practice.”

— Patricia Highsmith

“Sometimes a writer is inspired by the moment, more often they are prepared.”

— Loron-Jon Stokes

“Any writer who waits for inspiration to strike will never finish a book. Inspiration is all very well but it will never replace sheer…

— Barbara Michaels

“You don't need to wait for inspiration to write. It's easier to be inspired while writing than while not writing...”

— Josip Novakovich

“Writing is like painting. You sketch it, add colour, add depth and detail. You give it a final layer and then hang it proudly.”

— Kia Carrington-Russell

That is the way a great master carpenter feels, or an architect or composer or anyone who creates anything - people want to be…

— David Amram

“Without imagination, writing is a stack of lumber, a sack of nails, and a locked tool shed.”

— Michael J. Kannengieser