Dull Quote by Lucy Prebble

I suppose the danger when you have a job that involves writing is you can be a bit isolated.

— Sinead O'Connor

Writing is taking a risk, and it is actually fighting invisible and invincible enemies. They are over-confidence, stupidity, expectation and narcissism.

— Andrea Hirata

Writing feels safe, you know, it's a hard job, but at least you're in your office or wherever you are and there's no one…

— Leigh Whannell

I'd always been really intimidated by prose writing.

— David Rees

“Don't be afraid to write. I think a lot of writers of all ages have a fear that they aren't any good at writing.…

— Anonymous

'Shun security,' I advise aspiring novelists when they complain to me that they are stuck. 'Get disoriented. Maybe your agonizing writing block isn't agonizing…

— John Burdett

When you're writing, you're demented, alone, and full of doubt. It feels dangerous.

— Joan Juliet Buck

I think that simply nudging yourself into unfamiliar settings - physical or emotional - can produce surprising results on the writing front.

— Ralph Keyes

I'm into lately being a little less precious about writing and being like, "Okay, what if I just locked myself in my room, pretend…

— Andrew Bird

I don't like writing in front of a lot of people, it has to be an intimate experience with people I trust.

— LIZ

You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts because if you write with someone looking over you shoulder, you'll never write.

— Nikki Giovanni

Fear of commitment lies behind the fear of writing.

— Hilary Mantel