Born Quote by David Nicholls

“A writer is like a stick of rock - the words go right through.”

— Sara Sheridan

“There are times you wake up in the middle of the night, fingers hit the keyboard and you allow words to flow. That is…

— Jenn E

“Writing is an act of love. If it is not it is only handwriting. It consists in obeying the driving force of plants and…

— Jean Cocteau

“Writing is like sculpturing words out of a block of imagination. Sentences chisel the story, then characters make it their own.”

— Federico Chini

“Writing is an act of discovery in which you peel back the layers of the story as you write it down.”

— Matt Forbeck

“Writers aren't born, they're made--from practice, reading, and a lot of caffeine. And sometimes tutelage.”

— Alexander Chee

A writer is like a bag lady going through life with a sack and a pointed stick collecting stuff.

— Tony Hillerman

“Writing is about bringing words together to fullfill a purpose!!”

— Angela Y. Hodge

A writer always writes.

— Don Roff

“To become better writers we must become the best thieves and liars in the business. We slink around the pages of everyone else’s work…

— Chris Stocking

“Writing is reverse metamorphosis. One entombs a beautiful idea in a chrysalis of paper or electronic bits and bites, and when you’re through, it…

— Kermit E. Heartsong

Writing is a marvelous adventure and very labor-intensive: those words run away and try to escape. They are very difficult to capture.

— Eduardo Galeano