885 Quotes About Writing-advice

Being a writer all boils down to this: It's you, in a chair, staring at a page. And you're either going to stay in that chair until words are written, or you're going to give up and walk away. The great writers have to fight for their words. They have to choose to write, choose words over distractions, and their characters over their friends. Great writers can be lonely, exhausted souls. But through our characters, we live.

Theoretically there's no reason one should get [writer's block], if one understands that writing, after all, is only writing, neither something one ought to feel deeply guilty about nor something one ought to be inordinately proud of.

To be a writer - write! To be an author - publish! To be a bestselling author - never stop writing!

During the writing process, I tend not to listen to too much music. I obviously wear a lot of influences on my sleeve, but if I was listening to too many records, I would turn into too much of a monkey.

I know, not everyone will like what I write, but writing is not about trying to please everybody.

One of the hardest things for a writer to do is delete words.

You can't be beautiful and a writer, because to be a writer you have to be the one doing the looking; if you're beautiful people will be looking at you.

...people quote proverbs without realizing they're really in awe of the authority of their truth and the power of their expression...

Write what you want to write and would like to read, not for any invisible audience. Your readers will find you.