In The End The Words Are The All And The Nothing.
To get over artist's block, make shitty art.
Just write. That's my only tip. And read. I guess that's two.
There is one myth about writers that I have always felt was particularly pernicious and untruthful—the myth of the lonely writer, the myth that writing is a lonely occupation, involving much suffering...
sometimes i wake upin the middleof the nightand findpoetry splatteredall over my bed.
The act of putting pen to paper encourages pause for thought, this in turn makes us think more deeply about life, which helps us regain our equilibrium.
The most lies we will ever tell in our lives will be to ourselves.
The story comes, and it is pure story. That's all I set out to write. But I don't believe that we can write any kind of story without including, whether we intend to or not, our response to the world...
When people shine a little light on their monster, we find out how similar most of our monsters are.
I felt that not only in my book but in novels in general there was something that truly agitated me, a bare and throbbing heart . . . But was that what I wanted? To write, to write with purpose, to wr...
Without a doubt the two best words in the English language are The End
Writing on dark themes is not as easy as one might think; you have to live the worst and the most terrifying nightmares, again and again, till they consume you entirely and become an inseparable part...
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.
The only difference between writers and people who don't write is that writers aren't afraid to display their demons.
Caught red-handed for exclamation abuse.
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 longer the waiting, the longer the wondering.
The writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it. It happens to be a fact that nearly every writer of fiction in the world drinks more whisky than is good for him. He does...
I live, love and loathe my characters. They stole my mind. They stole my heart.
Writing is not a numbers game. You should focus more on reaching the hearts of readers and building fans more than publishing a plethora of books that no one may care about.