Brutal Quote by Gardner Dozois

What I'm trying to say is that a lot that lies behind being able to live the writing life is psychological and wrapped up…

— Nathan Englander

If there's any single talent a writer needs, it's persistence. If you can keep at your writing and you can learn as you write,…

— Octavia Butler

“Writing for the sake of writing, writing that draws its credibility from its very existence, is a foreign idea to most Americans. As a…

— Julia Cameron

Being a writer is part of a noble tradition, as is being a musician – the last egalitarian and open associations. No matter what…

— Anne Lamott

I think many people have wonderful stories inside them and the talent to tell those stories. But the writing life, with its isolation and…

— Ellen Ullman

Writing is the only thing I've ever done with persistence, except for being married.

— Richard Ford

As I've picked up more responsibilities in life, I've found nearly every one of those extra burdens drains me in a way that makes…

— Kevin Keck

I also believe that writing becomes worthwhile and vitalized only through a full and exciting life.

— Esther Forbes

There's no reason that a writer, if they have some discipline and curiosities and passion, can't be vital for a long, long time.

— Peter Hedges

One has to live a life that creates a writer.

— Erno Paasilinna

Being a writer, writing for a living, is one long persistence game. Everyone wants you to quit. Quite often, you want to quit. You…

— Kameron Hurley

“Writing is difficult. You do it all alone without encouragement and without any certainty that you'll ever be published or paid or even that…

— Octavia E. Butler