115 quotes found
“Reflective writing produces distinct rewards. A writer does not claim to live exclusively in the moment. A pensive writer retreats into oneself in noble attempt to meld memory, thought, faith, doub...”
“There is no such thing as an 'unemployed writer', only an unemployed mind”
“Authors are sick people.”
“Never be afraid to write what you believe. If the message speaks the truth, others will fear your words for you.”
“Every word I write is another stroke that takes me to the shore of a completed book.”
“Replace your old books with the books youve always wanted to write.”
“Every word I write is a seed that I may nurture into a small, beautiful poem or a tall, soaring tree.”
“Folding the laundry, completing another project at work, or watching television for the next hour doesnt build your writing muscles. It only leaves them flabby.”
“...writing allows us to reposition ourselves so we can see what is otherwise in our mental blind spots or those things about oneself and the world that we neither can see nor understand from the sp...”
“I'm not a writer who teaches. I'm a teacher who writes.”
“I guess it's ridiculously romantic, but I wanted to be a full tilt, sink-or-swim writer.”
“You can write nothing of value unless you give yourself wholly to the the theme -- and when you so give yourself -- you lose appetite ans sleep -- it cannot be helped --”
“Replace your old books with the books you’ve always wanted to write.”
“I'd love to be a writer one day”
“It’s not about fancy literary prizes. It’s not about seeming impenetrable or smart or high fallutin. I’m not trying to impress anyone. I am trying to make you feel a story, that’s all.”
“You, know, the only thing I can be is a writer. I'm absolutely unprepared for anything else. When you've lived the kind of life I have, you are good for nothing. Only writing can save you.”
“I like writing that puts the needle right into the vein. I don’t think, when I’m writing, “Tell a good story” or “find a meaning.” I’m thinking phrase by phrase, make it tight, make it good. Get th...”
“I personally believe that one learns to write by writing.”
“The writer… begins in confusion and nothingness and writes his way into clarity.”
“What’s it like being a writer? Mostly it’s like being a child surrounded by adults. My friends have grown-up careers. They balance spreadsheets, analyze data, negotiate deals. They build things, he...”
