If i could Quote by Shirley Geok-lin Lim

“Real writers write. Period. No, the muse does not come to visit everyday. She’s a lazy, precocious flirt. You cannot get into the habit…

— Darynda Jones

You can't sort of write the novel as if you're taking dictation from heaven.

— Martin Amis

Fool," said my muse to me. "Look in thy heart and write.

— Anonymous

If she were a writer she would collect her pencils and notebooks and favourite cat and write in bed. Strangers and lovers would never…

— Michael Ondaatje

“It is possible for YA heroines to go an entire book without discussing their love lives.”

— Celine Kiernan

“What would life be like without her writing? Writing filled her life with beauty and mystery, gave it life...and promise.”

— Maud Hart Lovelace

I always swore I would never write a book. But I read Clare Balding's and it was really interesting and so prettily written and…

— Jennifer Saunders

The best thing a writer can do is walk. Walking gives you ideas.

— Tony Grisoni

“Sometimes the writing flows, sometimes it's like wading through concrete. But I keep showing up each day, whether the Muse joins me or not.”

— Bruce Hale

“The hours spent forming a written work can make one obsessive, distracted, compulsive, and neurotic even, especially when it comes to those rare, precious…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

The only way to write a novel is to proceed as if you had all the time in the world.

— Philip Gerard

Somehow, you can achieve a directness in the novel that you can't get anywhere else.

— Chad Harbach