Air Quote by Julia Cameron

Writing is a sad process, sitting on your ass for many, many hours, alone in a room, smelling like coffee, sadness and bitterness, and…

— Amy Sherman-Palladino

What you have to do as a writer is . . . write day in and day out no matter what happens.

— William Stafford

Writing is like hunting. There are brutally cold afternoons with nothing in sight, only the wind and your breaking heart. Then the moment when…

— Kate Braverman

My advice for writers is to get a good day job. It takes the pressure off writing if you have a job that pays…

— Abraham Verghese

Writing is a spiritual path. It helps you listen to your heart, trust your inner guidance, and live your life full-out.

— Robert Holden

Writing is like travelling. It's wonderful to go somewhere, but you get tired of staying.

— Langston Hughes

I think most writers have to have a practice of writing. For me it is very early in the morning. I try to make…

— Dana Spiotta

You have to relax, write what you write. It sounds easy but it's really, really hard. One of the things it took me longest…

— Diane Setterfield

For me the experience of writing is really an experience of losing control.... I think it's very much like dreaming or like surfing. You…

— Margaret Atwood

Writing is sweat and drudgery most of the time. And you have to love it in order to endure the solitude and the discipline.

— Peter Benchley

I'm not a writer that writes every day. I just kind of have ideas. I jot them down when I have them, and when…

— Dee Rees

Writing is like anything else - the more you do it, the better you get at it, the easier it comes, and the less…

— Wayne Dyer