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By A Writer Quotes: "I have a cheat-sheet for each one of my characters about their personality, the way they look, etc. So there is no possible way that I could have writer's block."

I have a cheat-sheet for each one of my characters about their personality, the way they look, etc. So there is no possible way that I could have writer's block.



By A Writer Quotes: "Just write every day of your life. Read intensely."

Just write every day of your life. Read intensely.




By A Writer Quotes: "One reason I don't suffer Writer's Block is that I don't wait on the muse, I summon it at need."

One reason I don't suffer Writer's Block is that I don't wait on the muse, I summon it at need.



By A Writer Quotes: "I just finished writing an essay about William Maxwell, an American writer whose work I admire very much."

I just finished writing an essay about William Maxwell, an American writer whose work I admire very much.




By A Writer Quotes: "I imagined being a famous writer would be like being like Jane Austen."

I imagined being a famous writer would be like being like Jane Austen.



By A Writer Quotes: "I think that at the bottom of all art lies the impulse to preserve."

I think that at the bottom of all art lies the impulse to preserve.



By A Writer Quotes: "My assignment is what every writer's assignment is: tell the truth of his own time."

My assignment is what every writer's assignment is: tell the truth of his own time.




By A Writer Quotes: "Art is not in some far-off place."

Art is not in some far-off place.



By A Writer Quotes: "A writer always writes."

A writer always writes.



By A Writer Quotes: "For me and most of the other writers I know, writing is not rapturous. In fact, the only way I can get anything written at all is to write really, really shitty first drafts."

For me and most of the other writers I know, writing is not rapturous. In fact, the only way I can get anything written at all is to write really, really shitty first drafts.



By A Writer Quotes: "It seems that the fiction writer has a revolting attachment to the poor, for even when he writes about the rich, he is more concerned with what they lack than with what they have."

It seems that the fiction writer has a revolting attachment to the poor, for even when he writes about the rich, he is more concerned with what they lack than with what they have.



By A Writer Quotes: "What a lonely and silly thing it is to be an Armenian writer in America."

What a lonely and silly thing it is to be an Armenian writer in America.




By A Writer Quotes: "I am part of everyone I ever dated on OK Cupid."

I am part of everyone I ever dated on OK Cupid.



By A Writer Quotes: "I must be lean & write & make worlds beside this to live in."

I must be lean & write & make worlds beside this to live in.



By A Writer Quotes: "As a child I was an inveterate liar. As opposed to now, I am a Novelist."

As a child I was an inveterate liar. As opposed to now, I am a Novelist.



By A Writer Quotes: "To be a writer you have to write -- and no academic degree is going to do the writing for you."

To be a writer you have to write -- and no academic degree is going to do the writing for you.



By A Writer Quotes: "I haven't had writer's block. I think it's because my process involves writing very badly."

I haven't had writer's block. I think it's because my process involves writing very badly.



By A Writer Quotes: "If you do enough planning before you start to write, there's no way you can have writer's block. I do a complete chapter by chapter outline."

If you do enough planning before you start to write, there's no way you can have writer's block. I do a complete chapter by chapter outline.



By A Writer Quotes: "The downs are the times when you lose sight of who you are and that happens along the way sometimes...Writer's block when you doubt yourself and you get insecure."

The downs are the times when you lose sight of who you are and that happens along the way sometimes...Writer's block when you doubt yourself and you get insecure.



By A Writer Quotes: "I love Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, Flannery O'Connor. I read a lot of American writers."

I love Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, Flannery O'Connor. I read a lot of American writers.



By A Writer Quotes: "People have writer's block not because they can't write, but because they despair of writing eloquently."

People have writer's block not because they can't write, but because they despair of writing eloquently.



By A Writer Quotes: "Beauty breeds beauty, truth triggers truth. The cure for writer's block is therefore to read."

Beauty breeds beauty, truth triggers truth. The cure for writer's block is therefore to read.



By A Writer Quotes: "I've often said that there's no such thing as writer's block, the problem is idea block"

I've often said that there's no such thing as writer's block, the problem is idea block



By A Writer Quotes: "I became paralyzed as an artist with writer's block."

I became paralyzed as an artist with writer's block.



By A Writer Quotes: "When I have trouble writing, I step outside my studio into the garden and pull weeds until my mind clears--I find weeding to be the best therapy there is for writer's block."

When I have trouble writing, I step outside my studio into the garden and pull weeds until my mind clears--I find weeding to be the best therapy there is for writer's block.



By A Writer Quotes: "I don't believe in writer's block or waiting for inspiration. If you're a writer, you sit down and write."

I don't believe in writer's block or waiting for inspiration. If you're a writer, you sit down and write.



By A Writer Quotes: "I've experienced writer's block, but never for more than a few days."

I've experienced writer's block, but never for more than a few days.



By A Writer Quotes: "I don't believe in writer's block."

I don't believe in writer's block.



By A Writer Quotes: "Writer's block is a phony, made up, BS excuse for not doing your work."

Writer's block is a phony, made up, BS excuse for not doing your work.



By A Writer Quotes: "I suspect that writer's block afflicts mainly people who have some stable and ample source of income outside of writing. So far it hasn't been a problem."

I suspect that writer's block afflicts mainly people who have some stable and ample source of income outside of writing. So far it hasn't been a problem.



By A Writer Quotes: "To an American writer, I should think it must be a flattering distinction to escape the admiration of the newspapers."

To an American writer, I should think it must be a flattering distinction to escape the admiration of the newspapers.



By A Writer Quotes: "Like Elmore Leonard and Donald Westlake and Robert B. Parker and oh so many others, I want to die with my boots on, facedown on my keyboard if possible, in the middle of a sentence."

Like Elmore Leonard and Donald Westlake and Robert B. Parker and oh so many others, I want to die with my boots on, facedown on my keyboard if possible, in the middle of a sentence.



By A Writer Quotes: "To make this world a whole lot brighter, when I grow up I'll be a writer."

To make this world a whole lot brighter, when I grow up I'll be a writer.



By A Writer Quotes: "I'm afraid that surprise, shock, and regret is the fate of authors when they finally see themselves on the page."

I'm afraid that surprise, shock, and regret is the fate of authors when they finally see themselves on the page.



By A Writer Quotes: "You are not your poetry. Your self-esteem shouldn't depend on whether you publish, or whether some editor or writer you admire thinks you're any good."

You are not your poetry. Your self-esteem shouldn't depend on whether you publish, or whether some editor or writer you admire thinks you're any good.



By A Writer Quotes: "Convince yourself that you are working in clay, not marble, on paper not eternal bronze: Let that first sentence be as stupid as it wishes."

Convince yourself that you are working in clay, not marble, on paper not eternal bronze: Let that first sentence be as stupid as it wishes.



By A Writer Quotes: "I don't really believe in writer's block or anything like that. If I'm not feeling words, I may pick up an instrument and play with sounds or delve into different types of creativity and expression."

I don't really believe in writer's block or anything like that. If I'm not feeling words, I may pick up an instrument and play with sounds or delve into different types of creativity and expression.



By A Writer Quotes: "I learned to produce whether I wanted to or not. It would be easy to say oh, I have writer's block, oh, I have to wait for my muse. I don't. Chain that muse to your desk and get the job done."

I learned to produce whether I wanted to or not. It would be easy to say oh, I have writer's block, oh, I have to wait for my muse. I don't. Chain that muse to your desk and get the job done.



By A Writer Quotes: "You will never work through writer's block if you walk away from your typewriter. That will only make it easier to walk away the next time."

You will never work through writer's block if you walk away from your typewriter. That will only make it easier to walk away the next time.



By A Writer Quotes: "I write music all the time. When I talk about having writer's block, it's more to do with lyrics than anything else"

I write music all the time. When I talk about having writer's block, it's more to do with lyrics than anything else



By A Writer Quotes: "If you know how to freestyle, you will never have writer's block."

If you know how to freestyle, you will never have writer's block.



By A Writer Quotes: "When success happens to an English writer, he acquires a new typewriter. When success happens to an American writer, he acquires a new life."

When success happens to an English writer, he acquires a new typewriter. When success happens to an American writer, he acquires a new life.



By A Writer Quotes: "She doesn't understand that a writer is a special creature--that I'm different from everyone else. I'm not saying I'm superior to other people, just more sensitive, I guess."

She doesn't understand that a writer is a special creature--that I'm different from everyone else. I'm not saying I'm superior to other people, just more sensitive, I guess.



By A Writer Quotes: "What a writer brought to a book didn't matter as much as what the reader contributed."

What a writer brought to a book didn't matter as much as what the reader contributed.



By A Writer Quotes: "You sure about this writer thing son?"

You sure about this writer thing son?



By A Writer Quotes: "You can never know enough about your characters"

You can never know enough about your characters



By A Writer Quotes: "He was a writer and words were his weapons."

He was a writer and words were his weapons.



By A Writer Quotes: "American writers want to be not good but great; and so are neither."

American writers want to be not good but great; and so are neither.



By A Writer Quotes: "Writer's block? Don't worry about it. Either it goes away or you die."

Writer's block? Don't worry about it. Either it goes away or you die.