Best things Quote by Lois McMaster Bujold

I think it's important to remember that writing is a gift and our stories are gifts to ourselves and to the world and sometimes…

— Jacqueline Woodson

Writing is a necessity and often a pleasure, but at the same time, it can be a great burden and a terrible struggle.

— Jonathan Lethem

Writing offers fairly large rewards to a few successful people, but the rewards come late, and most writers are failures.

— Malcolm Cowley

I often write about reconciling. Reconciling, or maybe half-reconciling between antagonists, between people who are deadly enemies. I write about reconciliation, but not as…

— Amos Oz

Writing eases my suffering . . . writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.

— Gao Xingjian

I write all the time but often abandon things I don't think will go anywhere. It's rare that I'll labor over writing something that…

— Robin Pecknold

The best writing is rewriting.

— E. B. White

Since I had started to break down all my writing and get rid of all facility and try to make instead of describe, writing…

— Ernest Hemingway

Encourage aspiring writers to continue writing when things are going against them, when it feels hard. Explain the typical obstacles that occur, and encourage…

— Patrick Modiano

No time you spend writing will be wasted - even if you write something that's bad.

— Elif Batuman

Writing, at its best and truest, can offer solace and salvation for both readers and writers.

— Roxane Gay

“Writing is like riding a bicycle: you don’t forget how, even if you go for years without doing it.”

— Isabel Allende