Awe Quote by Toni Morrison

“If writing is thinking and discovery and selection and order and meaning, it is also awe and reverence and mystery and magic....Authors arrive at…

— Toni Morrison

Writing takes a combination of sophistication and innocence; it takes conscience, our belief that something is beautiful because it is right.

— Anne Lamott

Writing should be an adventure, shrouded in mystery and uncertainty, blessed with amazing grace. In theory, of course

— Syd Field

At its best, the sensation of writing is that of any unmerited grace. It is handed to you, but only if you look for…

— Annie Dillard

“Writing is a deeply spiritual act that can have a profound effect upon the practitioner.”

— Phyllis Theroux

There is a kind of mysticism to writing.

— Irvine Welsh

“Writing allows us to row the mind into new, unanticipated directions, change our stream of consciousness, and alter our very being.”

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“All writers are demonic dreamers. Writing is an act of sharing experiences and offering of an individualistic perspective of our private attitudes pertaining to…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

Ultimately, writing is about trusting your own mind. It is an act of discovery.

— Natalie Goldberg

The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.

— Gustave Flaubert

“The written word can make one pause and contemplate. It can make a reader sigh to dream or question a belief in considerable depth.…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“Writing is all at once an exploration of what is, and what is not. Of the known, and the unknown. A journey into the…

— Madelaine Standing