885 Quotes About Writing-advice

think young writers should get other degrees first, social sciences, arts degrees or even business degrees. What you learn is research skills, a necessity because a lot of writing is about trying to find information.

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

The fiction writer has to engage in a continual examination of conscience. He has to be aware of the freak in himself.

Poems arrive. They hide in feelings and images, in weeds and delivery vans, daring us to notice and give them form with our words. They take us to an invisible world where light and dark, inside and outside meet.

The size of your audience is more important than the size of your book

Never underestimate the power of the written word, especially when you put them down in your own voice.

The biggest laughs are based on the biggest disappointments and the biggest fears.

I feel like part of getting better at writing is knowing where to find that inspiration. Right after something happens to me, the first thing I’ll do is go write when those feelings are really, really fresh.

Manuscript rejections might tempt you to quit writing or querying. Don't.