1,024 Quotes About Writing-process

Kalo nggak nulis, ya baca. Kalo nggak baca, ya nonton film saja lah.

I believe—like religion—that the glimmer, the metaphor, if you will, knows a great deal more than I do. And if I stay out of its way, it will reveal itself to me. I will become not so much its keeper as its conduit, and I will pass its wisdom on to the reader, without actually getting in its way” (79).

Lyrics paved my teenage route to loving words. I take those passionate mini-stories with me everywhere.

Never doubt the genius in your ideas. As soon as a dope thought comes to you, WRITE IT DOWN! Pick up your pen and bring your stroke of genius to life.

Writing for me acts as a healing tool . A way to thaw pain in the delirium of desire

We all obsess over our novel’s first lines, and rightly so because from it the rest of the story must flow naturally and without pause.

Keep writing. It's all terrible in the beginning.

Writing is therapy with the Soul!

If a plot is a novel's skeleton, and characters are the muscle, then theme is its soul.