Top Writers On Writing Quotes

And then it dawned on me that the greatest love stories in the world never have happy endings.

Writer's block is just another name for fear.

I write for myself and strangers. The strangers, dear Readers, are an afterthought.

A writer writesregardless...even though...notwithstanding...despite...at any rate...anyhow...nevertheless...in the face of...undeterred by...heedless of...and because.The true writer simply continues...

Never chase people in your life. No one is worthier than you to be chased.

It's a terrible mistake to let the perfect get in the way of the good. If you wait to publish until you have written a great book, you will never publish anything. Great books happen by chance, not by...

The only thing you really need to be a writer is time. Regular, consistent time, quality time when you're not tired. I write on the bus to and from work, that's my time, 1 or 2 hours every single day....

Now memories have an unusual way of coming back to you in the middle of a day.

Climax: It's all downhill from here.

Writing is about taking everyday observations, things which people see almost every day of their lives, and yet bringing it to their attention for the very first time.

We all have a place within us, that would like to rewrite the way our life was written out for us....That's why people want to become authors.

To those that don't believe I'm worth more than what they think of other authors, to hell with them. Call me arrogant and call the police of politeness on me if you wish, because I won't stop until an...

Writing is a lonely business, which if allowed publicity and socializing it might deteriorate. Supportive people understand the need of a writer to withdraw to the solitude of oneself.

Everybody is born with a little bit of writer in them. We all come with the desire to work hard to see our creations come to life on the page. But it is those who choose to do something about this pas...

I wear the writer pants in the family.

The moment I realize I just stayed up until five in the morning writing is that moment I know I am meant to be a writer.

Someone asked me, 'How do you write a book?' I said, 'I live with a pen in one hand.

Writers haven't got any rockets to blast off. We don't even trundle the most insignificant auxiliary vehicle. We haven't got any military might. So what can literature do in the face of the merciless...

Young people ask why I became a writer, as if it were something I decided. I didn't decide; it grew on me like ivy.

A writer or an author must always be the no.1 fan of his/her book.