1,024 Quotes About Writing-process

When you hurt one of your characters and then type faster to finish a scene while saying, "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!

If a novel was a map of a country, a story was the bright silver pin that marked the crossroads.

I believe that fiction with its untrammelled nature, speaks to no one, and by so doing, speaks to all.

You need the devotion to your work that a priest of God has for his.

Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art.

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.

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

Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck, but, most of all, endurance.

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