Built Quote by Margaret Atwood

A ratio of failures is built into the process of writing. The wastebasket has evolved for a reason. Think of it as the altar…

— Margaret Atwood

You know you’re writing well when you're throwing good stuff into the wastebasket.

— Ernest Hemingway

You must write for the waste basket.

— Johnny Mercer

The wastebasket is a writer's best friend.

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

Failure has been my best friend as a writer. It tests you, to see if you have what it takes to see it through.

— Markus Zusak

A failure is like fertilizer; it stinks to be sure, but it makes things grow faster in the future.

— Denis Waitley

When writing becomes too dominant, it gets leached of its own power. We spend more and more time writing and we have less and…

— Julia Cameron

One of the best things about writing is how it redeems, not to mention recycles, all of one's prior experiences, including or perhaps especially…

— Lois McMaster Bujold

“Writing is a failure. Writing is not only useless, it's spoiled paper.”

— Anonymous

Writing is making a mess, and then working and reworking to create a beautiful piece.

— Heather Sellers

Writing isn't manual labor. Nor is it emptying the dishwasher or paying bills. It's work, sure, but sometimes it should be fun.

— Rebecca Serle

There is something unwholesome and destructive about the entire writing process.

— Joy Williams