Accepting Quote by Iain Banks

When you first start writing-and I think it's true for a lot of beginning writers-you're scared to death that if you don't get that…

— Toni Morrison

Writing is so hard.... The first draft writing is so hard that sometimes in the beginning, before the work itself takes over, carrying you…

— Sophy Burnham

When you finally start to write something, do not let yourself stop...even when you are convinced it's the worst garbage ever. This is the…

— Jodi Picoult

Lots of times I'm not crazy about the writing, but I keep moving ahead and somehow it gets better. The important thing is to…

— Janet Evanovich

You just can't make bad writing look good. But if you have good writing, you just say it, and it's almost done.

— Carol Kane

Writing is not what you start. It's not even what you finish. It's what you start, finish, and put out there for the world…

— Nell Scovell

You can't really succeed with a novel anyway; they're too big. It's like city planning. You can't plan a perfect city because there's too…

— Gore Vidal

“Write at a pace that doesn't surpass your creative flow. Don't be hasty; don't be sloppy. Don't forfeit impressive writing for an impressive word…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

When people start writing there is this idea that you have to get everything right first time, every sentence has to be perfect, every…

— Irvine Welsh

“1. Write. 2. Put one word after another. Find the right word, put it down. 3. Finish what you're writing. Whatever you have to…

— Neil Gaiman

Many writers are afraid of writing something bad, so they dont try or give up when their efforts dont lead to a masterpiece right…

— Lauren Tarshis

“Whether you are a good or bad writer is an irrelevancy when you first begin. What's important is that you write, you get up…

— Clive Barker