Invites Quote by William Gibson

I try to not be self-conscious in my writing process.

— St. Lucia

“Writing creatively is a process of self-consumption that requires one to dive deeply inside of oneself with no guarantee of reemergence.”

— Ashim Shanker

I’m so revolted by writers taking themselves seriously that, as a kind of protest, I’ve deprioritized the role of writing in my life. I…

— Geoff Dyer

...if you are writing without zest, without gusto, without love, without fun, you are only half a writer. It means you are so busy…

— Ray Bradbury

You either have an imaginative mind or you don't. All of my writing is God-given. I don't write my stories - they write themselves.

— Ray Bradbury

An author who enjoys writing may sometimes please other people by accident, but he can never pass on to any one else the zestful…

— J. E. Buckrose

I'm an accidental writer.

— William P. Young

Crassly put: When I write, I am trying not to bore myself and my readers.

— Rita Dove

Often, the fact that I haven't done something as a writer is all the reason I need to try it.

— Jess Walter

I really try to write as an ordinary person would, not as someone who's too sophisticated about food, or too knowledgeable about things.

— Michael Pollan

I'm not as good a prose writer as I'd like to be, but I never aspired to that.

— Mark Waid

Part of the creative process for me is an invitation for readers to follow their imagination.

— Alice Sebold