138 Quotes About Writing-from-the-heart

A novel is like a dream in which everyone is you. They’re all parts of yourself.

There is a ruthlessness to the creative act. It often involves a betrayal of the status quo.

Every secret of a writer’s soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind, is written large in his works

Writers are like supreme beings. We can create worlds in a matter of days and we can destroy them just as fast.

May be its a good idea to write something about you in my book... At least then, there will be a place where we will meet everyday... and be together forever!

Writing became such a process of discovery that I couldn't wait to get to work in the morning: I wanted to know what I was going to say. ~Sharon O'Brien

Good writing ideas don’t have to be about political turmoil, mass killings, capitalism, racism, injustice, and so on. Find that one idea that has deep roots in your heart.

Ideas either age like fine wine or rot like potatoes over time.

I'd written Smashed not because I was ambitious and not because writing down my feelings was cathartic (it felt more like playing one's own neurosurgeon sans anesthesia). No. I'd made a habit--and eventually a profession--of memoir because I hail from one of those families where shows of emotions are discouraged.