Dance Quote by Jeff Daniels

Man, wow, there's so many things to do, so many things to write! How to even begin to get it all down and without…

— Jack Kerouac

All your clear and pleasing sentences will fall apart if you don't keep remembering that writing is linear and sequential, that logic is the…

— William Zinsser

I have a hard time revising sentences, because I spend an inordinate amount of time on each sentence, and the sentence before it, and…

— Chang-Rae Lee

Sometimes I'll start a sentence and I don't know where it's going. I just hope to find it somewhere along the way. Like an…

— Michael Scott

“Usually, I say, your mind gets stuck when you’re trying to do too many things at once. What you have to do is try…

— Robert M. Pirsig

Force yourself to reflect on what you read, paragraph by paragraph.

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

I write the paragraph, then I'm crossing out, changing words, trying to improve it. When it seems more or less OK, then I type…

— Paul Auster

“But isn't this a dance? Isn't all of this a dance? Isn't that what we do with words? Isn't that what we do when…

— David Levithan

Suggestions? Put it aside for a few days, or longer, do other things, try not to think about it. Then sit down and read…

— Neil Gaiman

Pick a theme for your material, and stick to it for the entirety of the piece. The repetition of certain key phrases, however irritating…

— Ivo Graham

So you have the challenge of just learning the lines, period, and not only learning them, but learning them to the extent that you…

— Glenn Close

Keep your mouth shut and see what's happening around you. Don't finish people's sentences for them. Don't just hear what they say, but also…

— Amy Bloom