writing-quotes

If, when you wake up in the morning, you can think of nothing but writing then you are a writer_"Se alla mattina quando ti alzi non pensi altro che allo scrivere allora sei uno scrittore

I believe that, for those who love to write, time spent writing is never wasted. And then isn't it from book to book that we approach the book that we really want to write?

Life. Is a sentence, therein, weave your story toward freedom.

Becoming a writer does not mean words will suddenly flow with perfection from your pen. It takes hard work, rejection, and the willingness to lay everything inside you out for the world to see.

A writer seeks to discover a lucid state of creative consciousness uncoiling from a boule of internal disequilibrium and dutifully attempts to bridge that cavernous divide between the known and the unknown and articulate raw truths.

I feel like part of getting better at writing is knowing where to find that inspiration. Right after something happens to me, the first thing I__l do is go write when those feelings are really, really fresh.

Write what you love. Passion is the key to a good story.

As a writer, the main skill you need is curiosity. As a reader, the main tool you need is open-mindedness.

Writing is like surfing on a wild sea, in the middle of a moonless night, in a hailstorm, on a deserted island.Yeah... that about sums it up.

Perfectionism is the enemy of the author. There is a difference between good writing habits and perfectionism. The author who displays good writing habits delivers on time. The aspiring author who is prone to perfectionism will likely never fin...

They say everything that can be written has been written. I say we are just getting started.

I have no talent; it's just a question of working, of being willing to put in the time.

No art ever came out of not risking your neck.

In reading we live hundreds lives, in writing we live thousands of lives.

__on__ live with a lover or roommate who doesn__ respect your work.

Every one of the big breakthroughs in the art of literature have possibly started as what many would call a ludicrous or even laughable idea as the writer occasionally balances a routine piece with an investment in the eccentric and untried. Over time, the reward is usually worth the risk

The biggest laughs are based on the biggest disappointments and the biggest fears.

A real piece of writing is one in which the writer has tried to enrich not only the book, but also his understanding of the words. The words themselves have to be open to new ideas and suggestions, and the writer himself must have the audacity to attempt new things and to risk failure