Great ideas Quote by Robert Marc Friedman

I can't really write unless I'm full of inspiration. And even then I can't write unless I have some alone time.

— Brett Dennen

If I get ideas independently of the act of writing, they never really fit. So for me, there's no hanging out, waiting for inspiration.

— Janet Fitch

The first thing you have to know about writing is that it is something you must do everyday. There are two reasons for this…

— Walter Mosley

Writing is a lot like making soup. My subconscious cooks the idea, but I have to sit down at the computer to pour it…

— Robin Wells

You have to simply love writing, and you have to remind yourself often that you love it.

— Susan Orlean

Ideally, writing ought to be like riding a bicycle: something you know how to do without having to think consciously about exactly what it…

— Brian Stableford

“You don't need special traits, special genes, or special motivation to write a lot. You don't need to want to write--people rarely feel like…

— Paul J. Silvia

You don't need to wait for inspiration to write. It's easier to be inspired while writing that while not writing...

— Josip Novakovich

My idea of writing is of unflinching and continual effort, somehow trying to find the right words until you reach a point where you…

— James Salter

I write as a way of keeping myself going. You build your life around writing, and it's what gets you through. So it's partly…

— Robert Morgan

I'm not a writer that writes every day. I just kind of have ideas. I jot them down when I have them, and when…

— Dee Rees

Writing is a necessary thing for me, just to keep myself level. It has beneficial effects on my life.

— Nick Cave