Awake Quote by Haruki Murakami

Most people dream a dream when they are asleep. But to be a writer, you have to dream while you are awake, intentionally. So…

— Haruki Murakami

As a writer you ask yourself to dream while awake.

— Aimee Bender

If, when you wake up in the morning, you can think of nothing but writing . . . then you are a writer.

— Anonymous

For me, writing a novel is like having a dream. Writing a novel lets me intentionally dream while I'm still awake. I can continue…

— Haruki Murakami

If you have a dream of writing, that's wishful thinking. If you have a commitment to writing, that's the way to make your dreams…

— Nancy Pickard

The good thing about writing books is that you can dream while you are awake. If it’s a real dream, you cannot control it.…

— Haruki Murakami

Honestly, I never dreamed of being a writer; it felt too unrealistic to even dream about.

— Anna Todd

The truth about being a writer is you do not choose the stories you tell, but stories choose you. You do not choose, therefore,…

— Rosa Montero

Learn to write when you would rather sleep. Learn to exercise this gift of language when no conscious portion of your wits can vibrate…

— L. Ron Hubbard

I didn't know how to be a writer. But I thought, 'I can do this.'

— Karen Robards

The secret to being a writer is that you have to write. It's not enough to think about writing or to study literature or…

— Augusten Burroughs

I started writing morning pages just to keep my hand in, you know, just because I was a writer and I didn't know what…

— Julia Cameron