Desperation Quote by Steve Toltz

Writing is an extremely rewarding and humbling process, and I've learned to go with it, that even if it feels absolutely impossible, I will…

— Marie Lu

“If you have a story to tell, put it out there. Get the thing done. No excuses. No procrastinating. No apologies. It will never…

— James Hampton

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

My goal is two pages a day, five days a week. I never want to write, but I'm always glad that I have done…

— Kate DiCamillo

When I'm really involved or getting towards the end of a novel, I can write for up to ten hours a day. At those…

— Joyce Carol Oates

I think that whether you've just begun writing or whether you've been writing for fifty years - I mean, I'm excited to get there…

— Emily Barton

When I begin to write a story, I usually know how things will end. It's the journey toward that point I must discover. The…

— Kimberly Willis Holt

Writing is almost a place of dreams for me, and I don't have to give up anything to do it.

— Walter Mosley

For anyone who is: just keep writing. Keep reading. If you are meant to be a writer, a storyteller, it'll work itself out. You…

— Robin McKinley

I think my goal is to find a way to spend all of my time writing. I mean, sort of; true success is I'm…

— Shonda Rhimes

I don't wait for inspiration. Writing is my job.

— Gail Carson Levine

I left my job in the fall, and now I can set my life up around writing instead of squeezing writing into my day;…

— Karen Thompson Walker