Block Quote by Joseph Campbell

“I deal with writer’s block by lowering my expectations. I think the trouble starts when you sit down to write and imagine that you…

— Malcolm Gladwell

“Writing is what happens when the words in your head are overpowered by the words in your heart.”

— J.L. Bond

A writer should always feel like he's in over his head

— Michael Cunningham

A writer's brain is like a magician's hat. If you're going to get anything out of it, you have to put something in it…

— Louis L'Amour

It's very easy for a writer to spend much too much time in her head.

— Naomi Alderman

“The hours spent forming a written work can make one obsessive, distracted, compulsive, and neurotic even, especially when it comes to those rare, precious…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

I've never suffered from writer's block. I have plenty of ideas, sometimes too many. I've always had a strong imagination. If it dries up…

— J. G. Ballard

I'm a little harsh. When people say, 'I have writers block. What do you suggest?' I say, 'If you can't write, don't write. No…

— Lorrie Moore

Writer's block? Don't worry about it. Either it goes away or you die.

— Joe Haldeman

Writer's block is for people who have the luxury of time.

— Jodi Picoult

“I write because words swim around in my head like unruly tadpoles until I do”

— Maureen Tuohy

“Writer's block is caused by forcing your will on the Divine.”

— Chriscinthia Blount