Writing-quotes Quotes

I write for myself and strangers. The strangers, dear Readers, are an afterthought.

‏Don’t live with a lover or roommate who doesn’t respect your work.

I have no talent; it's just a question of working, of being willing to put in the time.

People on the outside think there’s something magical about writing…

think young writers should get other degrees first, social sciences, arts degrees or even business d...

Don't loaf and invite inspiration; light out after it with a club, and if you don't get it you will ...

I know that books seem like the ultimate thing that’s made by one person, but that’s not true… Every...

The author & the reader "know" each other: they meet on the bridge of words

I learned from Whitman that the poem is a temple -- or a green field -- a place to enter, and in whi...

If, when you wake up in the morning, you can think of nothing but writing then you are a writer”"Se ...

Make it so good and so clear that it doesn't need any further explanation.

Love words, agonize over sentences. And pay

What I am trying to achieve is a voice sitting by a fireplace telling you a story on a winter’s even...

But the secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components. Every word tha...

Protect the time and space in which you write. Keep everybody away from it, even the people who are ...

You are lucky to be one of those people who wishes to build sand castles with words, who is willing ...

A character is defined by the kinds of challenges he cannot walk away from.

Don't say it was "delightful"; make us say "delightful" when we've read the description.

I never had any doubts about my abilities. I knew I could write. I just had to figure out how to eat...

I never had any doubts about my abilities. I knew I could write. I just had to figure out how to eat...

You need the devotion to your work that a priest of God has for his.

No art ever came out of not risking your neck.