Writer's a lovers quarrel - encounters breathe the quill...
You have to be in your middle thirties before you have anything worth saying.
The writer sat besides the weeping Gilgamesh, witnessed the sinking of the unsinkable ships. He was there, and he wasn't. Like a naturalist observing the tarn of life from an unseen bubble of neutrali...
The writer sat besides the weeping Gilgamesh, swam out of all the unsinkable ships sank. He was there, and he wasn't. Like a naturalist observing the tarn of life from an unseen bubble of neutrality.
Make today the day you begin that awesome idea you have had for years. Now go, write this book, and remember that today is an important day in history.
It's amazing what you find out about yourself when you write in the first person about someone very different from you.
A writer's style should be direct and personal, his imagery rich and earthy, and his words simple and vigorous. The greatest writers have the gift of brilliant brevity, are hard workers, diligent scho...
Why do writers write? Because it isn't there.
Writing is what happens when the words in your head are overpowered by the words in your heart.
Why do writers write? Why do actors act? Why do painters paint? It doesn't pay much, unless you're very successful. It's who we are.
When I was a little boy, they called me a liar, but now that I'm a grown up, they call me a writer.
Conflict. Conflict. Where art thou conflict?
If you see it in Strunk and White it's so.
Getting the first draft finished is like pushing a very dirty peanut across the floor with your nose.
A cliffhanger is when ...
Climax: It's all downhill from here.
Write on!
The power of the delete key.
Lie naked on the table, and let them cut. Criticism is surgery, and humility is the anesthetic that allows you to tolerate it. In the end, the process will make you a stronger, more flexible, and trul...
Writing is easy. Writing is hard. It's a breeze and a struggle, just like life.
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