Bad performance Quote by Nico Muhly

Writing for me always requires trickery. Tricking myself into sitting down, letting words tumble out until you find the good ones. It's sort of…

— John Hodgman

You sit down in the morning on your own to write something. You get to the end of the day and it's not like…

— Dan Mazer

Writing gives you the illusion of control, and then you realize it's just an illusion, that people are going to bring their own stuff…

— David Sedaris

There is no trick to it. If you like to write and want to write, you write, no matter where you are or what…

— E. B. White

To write something, you have to risk making a fool of yourself.

— Anne Rice

“Sometimes when one cannot stand the story or novel one is working on, it helps to write something else—a different story or novel, or…

— John Gardner

Gather knowledge about the craft of writing. Immerse yourself in the art of it. Then write. Write yourself silly. Write yourself mad. Write yourself…

— Elizabeth George

Writing is like playing golf - you have to keep working at your swing.

— Bill Simmons

The thing for someone just starting off [in writing] is to write. You need to have limber fingers, whether you write with your fingers…

— Augusten Burroughs

One of my rules is never explain. A writer is a lot like a magician, if you explain how the trick works then a…

— Laurell K. Hamilton

Writing is something that you can never do as well as it can be done. It is a perpetual challenge and it is more…

— Ernest Hemingway

“Write at a pace that doesn't surpass your creative flow. Don't be hasty; don't be sloppy. Don't forfeit impressive writing for an impressive word…

— Richelle E. Goodrich