While writing is like a joyful release, editing is a prison where the bars are my former intentions and the abusive warden my own neuroticism.
In the best interest of profession, a writer should sometimes refrain from writing.
The self-addressed stamped envelope. The representation of everything that was wrong with the old publishing industry.
Writing is more about telling other peoples' stories than your own
Last night, I was a mad man searching for a whiff of your fragrance. The stars and the moon even laughed at me.
To increase the chances of a writer trying to kill themselves, cut off their hands.
Stop now and decide to never worry again about what others think about you.
We may think of ourselves as static anti-heroes, but in reality we're dynamic protagonists just waiting for our courage to kick in.
Have you noticed how prejudice still exists today? For instance, now they challenge famous people for their past achievements: People like Christopher Columbus and now even Vince Lombardi. Nothing sur...
You need the devotion to your work that a priest of God has for his.
I like to make blank pages darker. It's this thing I do.
Most people assume I write at night because of the kind of books I write, but I can shut out the light with my mind.
Start having more confidence in yourself, and others will do the same.
By living, thinking, even dreaming the story in one continuous process, ideas came faster and faster. Sometimes the typewriter keys would fly so fast that I wondered if my fingers could keep up with t...
The writer has to die to give birth to the intellectual in the service of the wretched of the earth.
Her words are her wings. She's flying.
Do what you love, especially if your sharing the word
I never had any doubts about my abilities. I knew I could write. I just had to figure out how to eat while doing
Toni Morrison said, The function of freedom is to free someone else, and if you are no longer wracked or in bondage to a person or a way of life, tell your story. Risk freeing someone else. Not everyo...
I never had any doubts about my abilities. I knew I could write. I just had to figure out how to eat while doing this.
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