Art Quote by Laurence Housman

I felt a failure because I couldn't sustain myself from what I earned from my writing. My day jobs were what mattered, and it…

— Sandra Cisneros

It was failing part of my Ph.D. that led me into novel-writing. By then I was 29, had remarried and had a second baby.…

— Kate Atkinson

“Art is made by those who consider themselves to have failed at whatever isn’t art. And of course it is loved as consolation, or…

— Howard Jacobson

The only failure in writing is when you stop doing it. Then you fail yourself.

— Natalie Goldberg

My biggest failure was trying to start and run a music label. The music industry was dying, and I wasn't ready to help other…

— Killer Mike

Your personal life, your professional life, and your creative life are all intertwined. I went through a few very difficult years where I felt…

— Skylar Grey

Have compassion for yourself when you write. There is no failure - just a big field to wander in.

— Natalie Goldberg

I don't think I began to be a professional writer until I learned my weaknesses and what I couldn't do. This forced me to…

— Robert Cormier

All the traumas I went through separating art from writing don't exist anymore. That's why I love being in rock 'n' roll. It's a…

— Patti Smith

I may not have become a good writer, but I managed to make a living out of writing.

— Ruskin Bond

Writing stopped being fun when I discovered the difference between good writing and bad and, even more terrifying, the difference between it and true…

— Truman Capote

My inner critic who had begun piping up about how hopeless I was and how I didn't know to write.

— Mary Garden