No book can ever be finished. While working on it we learn just enough to find it immature the moment we turn away from it
The greater the artist, the greater the doubt.
Mostly writing requires massive dedication, a whole lot of time spent alone, way too much sitting, countless hours spent thinking hard, and unending and occasionally painful dedication to forming idea...
The secret of being a successful writer is--write. Every writer deserves that chance.
Perfectionism is the enemy of the author. There is a difference between good writing habits and perfectionism. The author who displays good writing habits delivers on time. The aspiring author who is...
When I write, it feels like there are two little creatures that sit on each of my shoulders. One whispers, "You can do this. You've got what it takes." The other sounds like my mother-in-law.
Sometimes we don't know where we are going until we get there.
Yes, writing is that easy. Yes, writing is that hard. But if you want to do it you can. Only you can stop you.
Authors, such as William Zinsser, Steven Pinker, Natalie Goldberg, and Stephen King, who have all written exquisite books on the art and craft of writing, have reminded me that it is the commitment to...
I read in order to write. I read out of obsession with writing.
Time to turn some phrases and place them on these here pages.
To write about a struggle amidst the struggling: one must hope that the muddling will end someday.
Confession: I don't want to be one of my characters. I'm mean to them sometimes. Really mean.
Be an unstoppable force. Write with an imaginary machete strapped to your thigh. This is not wishy-washy, polite, drinking-tea-with-your-pinkie-sticking-out stuff. It's who you want to be, your most p...
A freelance writer is paid per word, per piece, perhaps.
Receiving very little or no feedback from my writing I really don't know if people like it or if they are actually reading any of my work for that matter. Still I will continue to write regardless. I...
When you start out writing, your inner creative is just a little seedling with tiny leaves above the earth, peeping out into the air for the first time.
...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...
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.
To get over artist's block, make shitty art.
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