“ Poets, with no sponsors, no agenda, are the truest form of freedom today, bleeding out every drop of themselves for the world to either hate or devour. Jason E. Hodges
“ Far and away the greatest menace to the writer—any writer, beginning or otherwise—is the reader. The reader is, after all, a kind of silent partner in this whole business of writing, and a work of fic… Shirley Jackson
“ Writing is what happens when the words in your head are overpowered by the words in your heart. J.L. Bond
“ ...I have this one nasty habit. Makes me hard to live with. I write......writing is antisocial. It's as solitary as masturbation. Disturb a writer when he is in the throes of creation and he is likely… Robert A. Heinlein
“ Identifying as a writer is a matter of self-acceptance. It's not a thing that can be given to you, or bestowed upon you. You are a writer if you write. That's it. If what you are seeking is to be ackn… Vincent Louis Carrella
“ A man who writes a story is forced to put into it the best of his knowledge and the best of his feeling. The discipline of the written word punishes stupidity and dishonesty. A writer lives in awe of… John Steinbeck
“ A good story is one liked. A great story is one that challenges thought, defiant and gets mouths talking. Veronica Purcell
“ Isolation is a gift. Everything else is just a test of your endurance. You will be alone with the Gods. Your nights will flame with fire. Charles Bukowski
“ Each morning the winds of the city moan and weep with lost souls clinging to hope of reliving the memories of yesterday. Jason E. Hodges
“ The authentic human being is one of us who instinctively knows what he should not do, and, in addition, he will balk at doing it. He will refuse to do it, even if this brings down dread consequences t… Philip K. Dick
“ 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. Tracie Molton
“ I think you are talented an passionate, Isabella. More than you think and less than you expect. But there are a lot of people with talent and passion, and many of them never get anywhere. This is only… Carlos Ruiz Zafon
“ Writers are like actors too. For every story we create, we must get under the skin of the characters and role play with our writing. Jyoti Arora
“ We see and tell about the myriad truths of how the universe is and might be. That's what we writers DO. Nicohle Christopherson
“ We writers constantly try to build up our own confidence by getting published, making sales, winning prizes, joining cliques or proclaiming theories. The passion to write constantly strips this vanity… Boria Sax
