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She (the artist, the writer) doesn't wait for inspiration, she acts in the anticipation of its apparition. — Steven Pressfield

Stop beating yourself up over all the days you didn't work on your story. Focus on what you can do today.

Sit down, and write. — M. Kirin

Being a writer is 1% inspiration, 50% perspiration and 49% explaining you're not a millionaire like J.K.Rowling. — Gabrielle Tozer

You will not publish 100% of the books you don't write. — M. Kirin

Love is the only energy I've ever used as a writer. I've never written out of anger, although anger has informed love. — Athol Fugard

Each time I write, I reaffirm my soul. — Rob Bignell, Editor

Is every writer's keyboard a spill magnet? — A.D. Posey

If we don't value the people who inspire us (and money is one mark of that) then what kind of culture are we building? — Sara Sheridan

A writer will find inspiration anywhere. They have to look and see, that's all. Then they have to write. — Dermott Hayes

You're writing someone's 'future' favorite book. — M. Kirin

Every word I write is another stroke that takes me to the shore of a completed book. — Rob Bignell, Editor

My favorite thing is being able to follow my inspiration, and the freedom of being a writer is hard to beat. — Mike White

Inspiration gives you energy, courage puts you in action. — Amit Kalantri

Sometimes I create a character from a scrap - a mere mention that has been left behind. — Sara Sheridan

Replace your old books with the books you've always wanted to write. — Rob Bignell, Editor

How do you paint a writer's block?
Just fill it with fifty shades of black. — Ana Claudia Antunes

I think of myself as a bad writer with big ideas, but I'd rather be that than a big writer with bad ideas. — Michael Moorcock

Every word I write is a seed that I may nurture into a small, beautiful poem or a tall, soaring tree. — Rob Bignell, Editor

I will not stop singing
the Muses who set me dancing. — Anne Carson

As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers, so those with an irrational fear of life become publishers. — Cyril Connolly

Originality is not writing the story that has never been told, but writing the stories only you can tell. — M. Kirin

Don't ever let yourself surrender to writer's block. — Julie Wenzel

I want my life to be the greatest story.
My very existence will be the greatest poem.
Watch me burn.
Love always, Charlotte — Charlotte Eriksson

Today is the day that you create worlds, you change lives, you make a something, a someone, out of nothing.
Today is the day you become a writer. — Alessandra Torre

I am the best author of my life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Being passionate about something is the most beautiful characteristic you can develop. — Charlotte Eriksson

Writer's block is like a full moon behind the rain clouds. — Archana Kapoor Nagpal

...you are a writer the moment you start writing, not when you've sold your first book. — Rob Bignell, Editor

The spirit of an artist's gifts can wake our own. — Lewis Hyde "The Gift"

As I am a work in progress, you shall see me more or less? Don't shake me out if I digress. As of me less, from me more of my work, I guess. — Ana Claudia Antunes

Yesterday is gone, and tomorrow is beyond our reach. The best time to write is now, in the present. — M. Kirin

Never let negativity derail your journey as a writer. Use the energy for your own betterment. — Guadalupe Neri

You were meant to write this book. — M. Kirin

An ancient writer says of Homer that he touched nothing without somehow honoring and glorifying it. — Edith Hamilton

Writing is a sickness only cured by writing. — Niall Williams

All great writers share one thing in common:

They finished their books. — M. Kirin

A writer should never wait for inspiration but be the inspiration. — Debasish Mridha

If I'm not a writer, who am I? — Jacquelyn Middleton

The writer's secret is not inspiration - for it is never clear where it comes from - it is his stubbornness, his patience. — Orhan Pamuk

Writers don't forget the past; they turn it into raw material. — Joyce Rachelle

Writers are creatures of habit, as are humans, but writers aren't necessarily human, are they? — Alyssa Hubbard

There is no ceremony, no initiation ritual, no secret hand-shake. All you need to be a writer is to write. — M. Kirin

If you can't write, read.
If you can't read, walk.
Or walk and read, then write. — Joyce Rachelle

People don't remember lessons. They remember stories. — Kamand Kojouri

Inspiration is just one requirement for being a writer. Another is keeping regular working hours. — Zelda Popkin

Description is the color in the canvas of your story. — M. Kirin

Duty is sinless. — Amit Kalantri

Do all the work while you still have strength. — Lailah Gifty Akita

All great stories began as shitty first drafts.
There are no exceptions to this. — M. Kirin

All you have to do is put one word after another, and remember how great it feels to be a writer. — Stephanie Lennox

There is always, always, always something to write about. — Rob Bignell, Editor

Writing is more than just a method to tell stories. It's a way to find healing, and to healing others. — M. Kirin

Why I write music? Because it hurts not to. — Charlotte Eriksson

I write because if I don't let it out of my system, I will die with guilt. — Shahla Khan

Inspiration is wonderful when it happens, but the writer must develop an approach for the rest of the time ... The wait is simply too long. — Leonard Bernstein

Let you light shine from the inside out. — Juliet M. Sampson

There are three things that make a person a writer: inspiration, perspiration and desperation. — Harlan Coben

The only way to overcome fear and doubt is to go against them. — M. Kirin

The best kind of day is a writing day — Buffy Andrews

..here's the editor's prescription, writer: 1000 words daily until next checkup. — Rob Bignell, Editor

Perhaps in actions I'm less of a man - but, oh the words - such lovely words ... — John Geddes

A writer will divine a metaphor from a pattern on a dress, or a gesture, because sunsets have been done before. — Brandi L. Bates

A writer will always be a writer. It's not a choice, it's a destiny. — Stephanie Lennox

Let your story grow. Let it surprise you, and it will certainly surprise your readers. — M. Kirin

I can't explain inspiration. A writer is either compelled to write or not. And if I waited for inspiration I wouldn't really be a writer. — Toni Morrison

Be the author of your life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Three words for a writer: Make me care. — Buffy Andrews

A writer's inspiration is not just to create. He must eat three times a day. — Pierre Beaumarchais

Forget how long the path to finishing your story. Address only what you have to write today. — Martha Alderson

The idea of writer's block or not having inspiration is totally terrifying to me. — Paul Dano

While I do believe I become a technically better writer over time, in others ways writing gets harder because inspiration is finite. — Steve Erickson

I wanted to say all these things about how you just have to hold on to the things you love and let go of all the rest. — Charlotte Eriksson

Being a writer is 10% inspiration, 80% dedication and 10% going to the post office. — Jay Royston

We as authors sign a pact with our readers; they'll go on reading because they trust us to play fair with them and deliver what we've promised. — Pamela Glass Kelly

Chaos is nothing more than beauty about to dance. — A.D. Posey

The blank page is the canvas on which a writer paints a story. — Stephanie Ayers

[...] She knew it a book it was not just a book. Everything had a meaning. There was an invisible web that connected the words. It was like magic — Ben Oliveira

There are times when I can't believe how much ridiculous stuff happens to me and how brilliant it is to be in a position to write about it. — Carla H. Krueger

As a writer, I see the saga of your life in a single glimpse. It may be inaccurate, but my version doesn't lack for creativity. — Richelle E. Goodrich

Whether you're a writer of stories or a writer of patents, you're an inventor. — Linda A. Tancs

We want books that make our hearts beat harder... that relieve us of the agonizing burden of everyday life — Ben Oliveira

Through the act of writing, a writer learns more about himself than he could ever imagine. — Rob Bignell, Editor

Every writer in the history of the world has been afraid to put words on the page. But we only remember those who overcame that fear. — M. Kirin

Words both written and read are my passion. — Leslie Austin

Writing heals my heart like no pill ever could. — Rob Bignell, Editor

The writer cannot abandon himself simply to inspiration, and feign innocence vis a vis language, because language is never innocent. — Juan Goytisolo

A pen name is a nickname. — A.D. Posey

If words come alive on the page, the writer succeeds in connecting to the reader. — Aman Jassal

Lighten up. Brighten up. Smile. — A.D. Posey

Every book I've read appears in my writing. — Rob Bignell, Editor

If you wait for inspiration to write you're not a writer, you're a waiter. — Dan Poynter

Write each day as if no one will see it, yet write in a way as if the whole world will see it. — Jon Mills

It is the writer who might catch the imagination of young people, and plant a seed that will flower and come to fruition. — Isaac Asimov

Become my muse. And let me paint you with my words... — Avijeet Das

And life is a good thing for a writer. It's where we get our raw material, for a start. We quite like to stop and watch it. — Neil Gaiman

A Writer Must Have Text Appeal — Khaled Talib

I am a writer because I write, an author because I create, a poet because the words are in my soul. — Wesley D. Gray

A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people. — Leonard Bernstein

I don't believe in writer's block or waiting for inspiration. If you're a writer, you sit down and write. — Elmore Leonard

Inspiration doesn't always come in chronological order. — Gina Marinello-Sweeney