“ When a solid first draft of an original tale is complete...you feel as if you could do anything. Christy Hall
“ Most days, writing simply requires work-ethic, discipline, clarity, focus, time. Other days...it will demand absolutely everything of you. Christy Hall
“ You’ll have days of complete lack of faith in your abilities. But you have to keep coming back. That’s when you know you’re a writer – when you take the failures and appear at the desk again, over and… Markus Zusak
“ I know it's difficult in the beginning. But, listen. If you have the impulse to write, do yourself a favor, do the world a favor, and write. Christy Hall
“ Each night, I close my eyes and dream. In the morning, I open my eyes again, but the dreaming doesn't stop. Christy Hall
“ Why does the writer write? The writer writes to serve — hopelessly he writes in the hope that he might serve — not himself and not others, but that great cold elemental grace which knows us.A writer I… Joy Williams
“ I am forever an advocate of books, both the reading of them and the writing. There is something sacred to me in that community. Because writing--and reading--is a solitary business. And it’s good to k… Shannon Celebi
“ The writer does not dare dream of giving the best of his individuality. No, he must never express his anger. The vacillating demands of mediocrity must be satisfied. Amuse the people, be their clown,… Aleksandar Hemon
“ When you start searching for ‘pure elements’ in literature you will find that literature has been created by the following classes of persons: Inventors. Men who found a new process, or whose extant w… Ezra Pound
“ If we are artists- hell, whether or not we're artists- it is our job, our responsibility, perhaps even our sacred calling, to take whatever life has handed us and make something new, something that wo… Dani Shapiro
“ It's a phenomenal experience jumping from the devious mind of a sorceress bent on conquering the world to the compassionate musing of a queen capable of healing life with a touch—all in a flicker of t… Richelle E. Goodrich
“ Can we all pause a moment to appreciate the artistry of that sentence? "Sitting casually on the floor, a guard sat..." That's freaking art right there! Someone nominate this thing for the Hugo Award a… Jim C. Hines
“ By writing, we partake in something greater than ourselves. Pick up pen and paper or take a seat at your computer today and create something of beauty. Rob Bignell
“ Folding the laundry, completing another project at work, or watching television for the next hour doesn’t build your writing muscles. It only leaves them flabby. Rob Bignell
“ Every word I write is a seed that I may nurture into a small, beautiful poem or a tall, soaring tree. Rob Bignell
