Books Quote by Emma Shortt

“Writing is like eating Jelly with chopsticks. You know where you want the food to go, but you just can't get it there.”

— Joanne McDonnell

“Writing is like cooking. You toss in a bunch of ingredients and hope the combination of flavors will appeal to someone's taste.”

— Dee Leone

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

— Federico Chini

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

— Kia Carrington-Russell

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

— Matt Forbeck

“writing has so much to give, so much to teach, so many surprises. that thing you had to force yourself to do--the actual act…

— Anne Lamott

“Writing to me is a way to get your feelings and ideas out. It is something everybody is capable of.”

— Katherine Powers

“Writing is a craft and needs constant practice.”

— Patricia Highsmith

“Writing is more than a craft; it is a way of life. Everything you see or do becomes part of what you write.”

— H.P. Oliver

“Writing is a way of remaking the world, both for the writer and reader.”

— Mark Rubinstein

“Writers write like readers and read like writers.”

— Laura Hamilton