885 Quotes About Writing-advice

Only after a writer lets literature shape her can she perhaps shape literature. In working-class France, when an apprentice got hurt, or when he got tired, the experienced workers said, "It is the trade entering his body." The art must enter the body, too.

The highest duty of the writer is to remain true to himself and let the chips fall where they may. In serving his vision of the truth the artist best serves his nation.

You are lucky to be one of those people who wishes to build sand castles with words, who is willing to create a place where your imagination can wander.

All of us possess a reading vocabulary as big as a lake but draw from a writing vocabulary as small as a pond. The good news is that the acts of searching and gathering always expand the number of usable words.

Solitude makes a writer weave magic with his magic.

All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.

Write what should not be forgotten.

Art is a journey of excellence not a goal of perfection.

See, this business is filled to the brim with unrealistic motherfuckers.