So much of reading and writing to me is about being elsewhere, no matter how much I love where I am.
Lyrics paved my teenage route to loving words. I take those passionate mini-stories with me everywhere.
Writing is daydreaming with ink.
Writing became such a process of discovery that I couldn't wait to get to work in the morning: I wanted to know what I was going to say. ~Sharon O'Brien
I am a perfectionist in spirit
When I sleep tonight I dream of what I will imagine tomorrow.
Writing is easy. Writing a publishable book is hard.
Writing is the spectrum through which the chaos of life can be seen, studied and understood.
Today I will find something beautiful.Delicate pink blossoms on a cherry tree.The dove resting near the lemon buds.Sunbeams smiling from sky to earth.Smiling on me."Creating" in BREATHE IN
Confession: I don't want to be one of my characters. I'm mean to them sometimes. Really mean.
Writers need faith, or else we can never trust the action of our words!
I hate writing, I love having written.
Writingis therapeutic. It helps you cope with issues that seem gargantuan at the time.The process of expressing yourself about a problem, editing your thoughts, andwriting some more can help you contr...
I would write:The soft melting hunk of butter trickled in gold down the stringy grooves of the split yam.Or:The child's clumsy fingers fumbled in sleep, feeling vainly for the wish of its dream.The ol...
Don't give in to doubt. Never be discouraged if your first draft isn't what you thought it would be. Given skill and a story that compels you, muster your determination and make what's on the page clo...
My dear Keats go on, don't despair, collect incidents, study characters, read Shakespeare and trust in Providence.
Someone asked me, 'How do you write a book?' I said, 'I live with a pen in one hand.
Every writer or wanna-be writer has ideas for books. The problem isn't finding an idea, it's choosing one
I've discovered that sometimes writing badly can eventually lead to something better. Not writing at all leads to nothing.
The farther away you get from the literary traffic, the closer you are to sources.