Art Quote by Jeanette LeBlanc

“You write your first draft with your heart, and you rewrite with your head.”

— James Ellison

“We do need to bring to our writing, over and over again, all the abundance we possess. To be able, to be ready, to…

— Eudora Welty

“Writing: shitty first drafts. Butt in chair. Just do it. You own everything that happened to you. You are going to feel like hell…

— Anne Lamott

“Be passionate about what you write, believe in your ability to convey timeless ideas, and let no one tell you what what you're capable…

— Christina Westover

“But I've discovered being a writer is an ongoing apprenticeship, just like everything else in life that matters to me-being a mother, a wife,…

— Sue Monk Kidd & Ann Kidd Taylor

“I work backwards with the ending in mind as I create art, stories, poems and books. Always in a process of becoming.”

— Jill Telford

“Writing has become more than just a profession, and hobby…it has become a way to express my feelings and pour my entire soul into…

— Nina Jean Slack

“Hardly anything is as exciting or as diverse, as strong a confirmation of life and hope and the universe's urge towards creativity, as a…

— Margaret Simons

“I believe in a new beginning. And so do many others out there—those writing on scraps to hang in the Gallery, those who continue…

— Ally Condie

“While writing the first draft is an exercise in shutting down all of the things we think we know so that the story features…

— Patricia Hickman

“A really well-done first draft of a book bares your soul. The purpose of revision is so that everyone who reads the published version…

— James A. Owen

“But as you look at the sweep of your life and start to think of a legacy that survives beyond it, giving others the…

— Tom Kelley