Writing Quotes
There are as many ways to discover your story as there are to trip over a dog in the kitchen--and some of them feel about as planned.
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.
Ignore people who say you can't do it, even if this person is yourself.
One of the greatest gifts we can give someone is our undivided attention--a thought that whispers constantly in the ear of any author who respects their readers.
Books are like horcruxes--without all the evil--because a piece of the author goes into each one.
The beauty of writing is imagining new endings to a time of darkness, like burning off a morning fog with the heat and clarity of the sun.
Of course, I tried to surround myself with other people like me whose dream of writing was a constant burden....
Who knows why we do it? And when we've done it, nobody wants it. Still we keep doing it. That's what makes a writer a writer.
Your first draft is a petulant teenager, sure it knows best, adamant that its Mother is wrong. Your third draft has emerged from puberty, realising that its Mother was right about everything.
Today I fed him right off the bat, and only checked Facebook twice.
If a book can save—redeem us from the mediocrity of the mundane—surely, there must be a God.
You are more ready and able to grasp at opportunity when your hands are empty.
Lost in New York City. Not that I don't know where I am, but rather perplexed as to where I am going.
I think that’s why I write—the not knowing and the blasted good feeling I get out of it all.
Writing is not a hobby. Collecting stamps or coins is a hobby. Writing is a calling.
On the way home, I saw a fist fight between an adverb and a pair of parentheses.I kept on walking.
Being blind is the worst possible thing and asking me to read and write no more is torture.
Another drink, another sentence, and the writing continues on. . . .
No matter how many books I write, I will eventually get to fiction. That is where I'm going.
You’re a loner in body, mind, and soul. A writer who spends a day of solitude in the office is plagued by a mind that travels with the body. The work never stops.
The very persons who have taken away my time and space are those who have given me something to say.
If your screen stays blank or your notepad empty, God cannot use your words.
Forgive my asking you to use your mind. It is a thing which no novelist should expect of his reader...
Q: Best part about being a musical theatre book writer?A: Explaining what that is.
Today’s tangents will become tomorrow’s arcs, and unforeseen connections will tie up your loose ends in a way that will make you want to slap your head and holler at your accidental brilliance.
When you hurt one of your characters and then type faster to finish a scene while saying, "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
It’s one of those times when the question is its own answer…. The writing is itself the solution to the inability to write!
A writer must be willing to leave oneself behind in order to explore new territories of the mind and unearth primordial truths that startle and frighten us.
I could never stand to be a writer. Not a real writer. It's entirely too awful, having thoughts that refuse to become sentences.
When you’re speaking in the truest, most intimate voice about your life, you are speaking with the universal voice.
There's no rule for better writing. Make your own rules, and see what works best for you.
Develop the skill of writing to avoid errors but if you do make them, don’t be demotivated
My dear Keats go on, don't despair, collect incidents, study characters, read Shakespeare and trust in Providence.
The trick to finding writing time is to make writing time in the life you've already got.
I do not put in long hours at the keys - or very seldom. Instead, I snatch time. I write in the crannies of my life.
When we make time to write, we can do it anytime, anywhere.