119 Quotes About Writing-books

As I inch forward to embrace my life again by being mindful, writing books, and planning adventures, I sense my dad would approve. I know he would want me to be happy.

I would actually write books totally full of nothing BUT kissing scenes, but apparently people like books to have, like, "plots" or whatever.

Why does everyone think a guy who prefers love to people is missing something in his life?

Write It, Work It, Publish

You have enough to create what you want.

Will working impulsively in velvet-lined ravines under tonight’s harvest moon yield any hearty hale to conciliate the ambitious rumblings of tomorrow?

Writing a novel is like a two-year love affair. The novel has a formation period ranging from instantaneous falling-in-love to decades. It then generally takes a year or two to write, during which it is consuming, riveting, and eventful. Once done, there is a recovery period. No other story can enter; one must use the hole left behind as a time of settling and reformation. When ready, we can move on, although, the essence of the experience will remain with us forever.

Stories trace their roots to impassioned human interactions with the world. I always sense a storyline as an emotional yearning embedded in a deep fissure waiting to erupt.

The worst part of writing is meeting all these great new characters and having no one to talk about (the adventures you share with) them.