Language Quote by Patricia MacLachlan

When you're writing, your mind has a place where the stories happen. With one word, you can get the idea of where you are.

— Luis Negron

“Place in writing often exists at that intersection between the reality of place and one's imagination about that place -- what one believes, hopes,…

— David St. John

“Until you begin to write, then you shall know the wonders of the written word.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Writing is an adventure. There is no way to know where it will take you, and what you will find. You could find success.…

— M. Kirin

“Writing a story about a place calls that world into existence. Sometimes, as the author, you accompany it for a while. But even as…

— Alan McCluskey

“Writing is like sculpturing words out of a block of imagination. Sentences chisel the story, then characters make it their own.”

— Federico Chini

“There's something delicious about writing those first few words of a story. You can never quite tell where they will take you. Mine took…

— Beatrix Potter

“A piece of writing has to start somewhere, go somewhere, and sit down when it gets there.”

— John McPhee

“Writing is about taking everyday observations, things which people see almost every day of their lives, and yet bringing it to their attention for…

— Jamie L. Harding

“...stories want to be told. Stories have a power of their own ... you can't write a story until you've felt it. Breathed it…

— Angelica Banks

“You do have a story inside you; it lies articulate and waiting to be written — behind your silence and your suffering.”

— Anne Rice

“I am a storyteller and experience the bliss of writing.”

— Amy Leigh Mercree