Ahead of time Quote by Ray Bradbury

Writing requires a great deal of skill, just like painting does. People don't want to learn those skills.

— John Milius

To write requires an ego, a belief that what you say matters. Writing also requires an aching curiosity leading you to discover, uncover, what…

— Terry Tempest Williams

Writing is not a special language that belongs to a few sensitive souls who have a 'gift for words'. Writing is the logical arrangement…

— William Zinsser

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

— Andrea Hirata

People have to be given permission to write, and they have to be given space to breathe and stumble. They have to be given…

— Toni Cade Bambara

If writing seems hard, it's because it is hard. It's one of the hardest things people do.

— William Zinsser

It's misleading to think of writers as special creatures, word sorcerers who possess some sort of magical knowledge hidden from everyone else. Writers are…

— Ralph Fletcher

I think we have a great deal of mythology around writing. We believe that only a few people can really do it. I wrote…

— Julia Cameron

People like me write because otherwise we are pretty inarticulate. Our articulation is our writing.

— William Trevor

Writing is thinking. To write well is to think clearly. That's why it's so hard.

— David McCullough

The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure pure reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a little practice, writing can be an intimidating…

— Bill Watterson

I think all writing is a disease. You can't stop it.

— William Carlos Williams