“ You know, the whole thing about perfectionism. The perfectionism is very dangerous. Because of course if your fidelity to perfectionism is too high, you never do anything. Because doing anything resul… David Foster Wallace
“ Discipline allows magic. To be a writer is to be the very best of assassins. You do not sit down and write every day to force the Muse to show up. You get into the habit of writing every day so that w… Lili St. Crow
“ In my younger days dodging the draft, I somehow wound up in the Marine Corps. There's a myth that Marine training turns baby-faced recruits into bloodthirsty killers. Trust me, the Marine Corps is not… Steven Pressfield
“ Breaking through writer's block is like thinking out of the box: Both require an ability to imagine a world outside your four walls or rearranging them to get a better view. Susan J. McIntire
“ Stop waiting for creative inspiration. Start creating and inspire yourself along the way. Ryan Lilly
“ I don't sit around waiting for passion to strike me. I keep working steadily, because I believe it is our privilege as humans to keep making things. Most of all, I keep working because I trust that cr… Elizabeth Gilbert
“ The trouble with a baby, for writists, is that they take away your useful melancholy, even the energy to invent some. D.A. Botta
“ Writers block occurs when a writer has nothing to say. Unfortunately not all writers experience it. Ron Brackin
“ You don't have to take it out on my typewrite ya' know. It's not the machine's fault that you can't write. It's a sin to do that to a good machine. Sam Shepard
“ Writing something new is an effective way to get rid of writer's block. Or you can observe the people around you and fantasize like I do. B.A. Gabrielle
“ I have no doubt that Taylor Swift will call one day after suffering writers block: "Alfa, I was told that you were the person to call." I gotcha girlfriend. Alfa H
“ I haven't written in a week. It's like holding your breath under water. You feel an awful constriction and then the instinct to propel yourself. D.A. Botta
“ Who is more to be pitied, a writer bound and gagged by policemen or one living in perfect freedom who has nothing more to say? Kurt Vonnegut
“ Writing isn't difficult. Writing well is difficult. What is most difficult is being with the interior experience that manifests as resistance to writing. H. Raven Rose
“ When words don't come easy, I make do with silence and find something in nothing." ~ Strider Marcus Jones, Poet Strider Marcus Jones
