Children Quote by Mignon McLaughlin

“We will need to find people who will provide a safe writing space for us, where criticism comes late and love and delight come…

— L.L. Barkat

Mere humans who root through their refrigerators at three o'clock in the morning can only produce writing that matches what they do. And that…

— Haruki Murakami

Writing is magic, as much the water of life as any other creative art. The water is free. So drink. Drink and be filled…

— Stephen King

Writing is such a solitary existence, and I can only do it late at night.

— Paul O'Grady

“People who write novels only write them when they have very little else to write”

— David Markson

When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the students to make their characters want something right away - even if it's…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“Writing starts with living. —Rumors of Water: Thoughts on Creativity & Writing”

— L.L. Barkat

I can't write unless I'm overlooking water.

— Mark Carwardine

It often seems to me that the biggest single issue for a writer is how to stay buoyant enough to go on writing. How…

— Janette Turner Hospital

Writing is a lonely job, unless you're a drinker, in which case you always have a friend within reach.

— Emilio Estevez

“I want my writing to be as smooth as drinking a glass of water—pool water, with piss in it.”

— Jarod Kintz

“That's how it is with art. Mere humans who root through their refrigerators at three o'clock in the morning are incapable of such writing.”

— Haruki Murakami