Reduced Quote by William Knowlton Zinsser

“Writing is more than typing words: Any action that is instrumental in completing a writing project counts as writing.”

— Paul J. Silvia

“Most days, writing simply requires work-ethic, discipline, clarity, focus, time. Other days...it will demand absolutely everything of you.”

— Christy Hall

“no writing is a waste of time--no creative work where the feelings, the imagination, the intelligence must work.”

— Brenda Ueland

“Writing is a craft and needs constant practice.”

— Patricia Highsmith

“Writing improves in direct ratio to the number of things we can keep out of it that shouldn't be there.”

— William Zinsser

“Writing is a lonely process, but should not be done alone.”

— M.E. Jakobsen

“If you consider yourself a writer just write.”

— Sara Gran

“Equipment will never help you write a lot; only making a schedule and sticking to it will make you a productive writer.”

— Paul J. Silvia

“If you want to be a writer, write. Write and write and write.”

— Anne Rice

“If you're a writer you're bound to write something fine, at least now and then, off and on.”

— Jorge Luis Borges

“But for the rest of us, we should be regularly reassessing why we write. When we know what we’re going for (human impact? fame?…

— Tasha Golden

“Beware of being only a writer.”

— Miranda Paul