1,068 Quotes About Writers-on-writing

Writing is painting with words!

We write more when we hurt. Facing a physical, emotional, or spiritual crisis, a person might turn to writing as a panacea. A person overcome with frustration or doubt might attempt to regain their intellectual and spiritual bearings by probing the matrix of their confused thoughts in a logical or creative manner

A writer turns to paper to stem a burble of pain, shut the door on sadness, and allow the mind to release unsavory obsessions.

At 4:32 I arrive at my desk, read what I have written the day before, rip it up, eat it, then sit, absolutely motionless for a period of six hours and eighteen minutes, waiting to be inspired

Writing fiction can be a dangerous game...people will read your work and assume they know you...how you think, how you feel, how you live...they'll develop all kinds of misconceptions about you...but then again, they may be right.

Getting fan mail from your readers is one of the greatest feelings in the world.

Don't write 40k if the same story can be told in 10k words.

It's not about how many words you write, but how good those words are.

Writers are magicians who create magic with words!