I've discovered that sometimes writing badly can eventually lead to something better. Not writing at all leads to nothing.
I usually get the title for a book first, and I type it up immediately. I sit there and look at it and admire it, and I think to myself, I just need four thousand sentences to go with this and I'l hav...
I think of myth and magic as the hieroglyphics of the human psyche. They are a special language that circumvents conscious thought and goes straight to the subconscious. Non-fiction uses the medium of...
Writing is like bungee jumping for the soul...you take a deep breath, plunge into the abyss and hope the rope tethering you to the real world doesn't snap.
I recommend writing standing up from time to time. It's easier to dance when you finish writing.
What one gains in technique can lead to deforestation in the writing that is both good and bad. Keep the energy and the willingness to proceed stupidly.
Dedicating a writing session to someone is like sending a prayer for them out into the world. I will never know if my writing, my dedication to them, my prayer for them made any difference in their li...
On the worst day of writing, the work is instructive. On the best day, the act is transcendent.
It's basically an act of faith, hoping that a small idea will unspool into a bigger whole. Sometimes, in fact often, it doesn't and it just runs out of steam. The hope for me is that it will snowball....
When you are writing, you must treat it as the most important thing in the world, even when you know it is not. This helps you take the job seriously and do your best on everything you write.
I am a perfectionist in spirit
Books most certainly don't write themselves, but life does. When in doubt about what to write, use your own life.
Writing, is not a race. Is to distill the soul letter by letter in a slow and delicate process that will take years.
Do not worry about what words to use. Worry about why this story needs to be told and the rest will take care of itself.
You write what you know, and I know rock and roll.
Half the fun of writing a novel is finding out from other people later on what you actually meant.
In quickness is truth. The more swiftly you write, the more honest you are. In hesitation is thought. In delay comes the effort for a style, instead of leaping upon truth which is the only style worth...
Many a good story has been found in the bottom of a decent Rioja.
Always remember that writing is an alliance between author and reader. With every line we put down on the page, we need to leave room for the reader's imagination and intellect.
I miss the days when I was alone with my characters and no one else knew them except me.
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