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Collect books, even if you don't plan on reading them right away. Nothing is more important than an unread library.
— John Waters
Books are like rivers, meandering this way and that, but taking us on a steady, flowing course to somewhere different.
— Carla H. Krueger
Simply put: writing is rewriting.
— Ronald Dane
Art is a journey of excellence not a goal of perfection.
— Jacqueline Patricks
Write what you love. Passion is the key to a good story.
— R.M. Donaldson
Yes, writing is that easy. Yes, writing is that hard. But if you want to do it you can. Only you can stop you.
— R.M. Donaldson
Writings are thoughts in a defined moment.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Every word I write is another stroke that takes me to the shore of a completed book.
— Rob Bignell, Editor
When you're speaking in the truest, most intimate voice about your life, you are speaking with the universal voice.
— Cheryl Strayed
You can always edit a bad page. You can't edit a blank page.
— Jodi Picoult
To gain the book, one must give up all hope for the book. It is the only way the book can get written.
— Bonnie Friedman
Get your story written, you always have the second and third draft to fix things like tense, 1st vs 3rd person, the exact right word, etc.
— Andromeda Edison
If you don't make time for writing, writing won't make time for you.
— Sandra Elaine Scott
You can't take it personally when something you have written sucks. Just delete it and write something else.
— Gudjon Bergmann
My most important piece of advice to all you would-be writers: When you write, try to leave out all the parts readers skip.
— Elmore Leonard
Writing's in the nouns.
— Lori Roy
We write to embrace the sacred thoughts.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Let your characters lead when you're dancing together.
— Caron Kamps Widden
I'm writing. The pages are starting to stack up. My morale is improving the more I feel like a writer.
— Neil Gaiman
The first thing you have to learn when you go into the arts is to learn to cope with rejection. If you can't, you're dead
— Warren Adler
The thing I've learned is that thinking is not writing.
— Erica Lorraine Scheidt
Someone asked me, 'How do you write a book?' I said, 'I live with a pen in one hand.
— Carla H. Krueger
My best writing happens when I'm fighting to produce it.
— Carla H. Krueger
It's better to be remembered for what you said, not what you earned.
— Carla H. Krueger
Writer's block isn't always a problem. It can be a process of writing that helps us write better.
— Jennifer Hudson Taylor
Your pen is your sword. Wield it wisely.
— C.A. Simonson
If a writer knows everything that is going to happen, then his book is dead before he begins it.
— V.S. Naipaul
Writing at its best is simply taking dictation from your soul.
— Catherine Carrigan
It's all mine, it's all sacred.
— Coco J. Ginger
There is always, always, always something to write about.
— Rob Bignell, Editor
The writer, his eye on the finish line, never gave enough thought to how to run the race.
— William Zinsser
Just write. That's my only tip. And read. I guess that's two.
— Shannon Celebi
Don't be afraid of what you're creating.
— Christy Hall
The only difference between writers and people who don't write is that writers aren't afraid to display their demons.
— Carla H. Krueger
I recommend writing standing up from time to time. It's easier to dance when you finish writing.
— Diego Ramos
The mind tends to run along the groove of one's intention and overlook the actual expression.
— Jacques Barzun
There is nothing more valuable in the writing process than a friend to hold you accountable to your own potential.
— J.R. Young
There is a difference between fresh and weird. You never want to throw your reader out of the story. Keep it fresh but natural.
— Darynda Jones
A writer will always be a writer. It's not a choice, it's a destiny.
— Stephanie Lennox
Inspiration for my short stories grows from a psychic kernel, a vision of some sort or an eccentric, colorful dream.
— Lawren Leo
To unlock the writer's block is to keep writing until you can unknot the "not". If you cannot, then put a can in the plot and unwrap it a lot!
— Ana Claudia Antunes
Writing starts with living.
— L.L. Barkat
Raise the bar. Don't duck under it.
— Peter James West
Live inside your stories, yes, but do not hide behind them.
— Christy Hall
Writing is easy. Writing a publishable book is hard.
— Eliza Green
Begin to write, your heart flow with sacred words.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Give all that you can. No more. No less.
Every. Single. Day. — Christy Hall
You need the devotion to your work that a priest of God has for his.
— Ernest Hemingway,
As a writer, the main skill you need is curiosity. As a reader, the main tool you need is open-mindedness.
— Gloria D. Gonsalves
Develop the skill of writing to avoid errors but if you do make them, don't be demotivated
— Bernard Kelvin Clive
If a writer starts worring about what he or she has left out or forgotten, they might not be able to write even a single line.
— Baby Halder
Never use the passive voice. Do not say, 'It will get done.' Say, 'I'll do it,' and then stick to a solid, unwavering deadline
— Gina Barreca
There is a ruthlessness to the creative act. It often involves a betrayal of the status quo.
— Alan Watt
Passion is a deep love for sacred activity.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
No art ever came out of not risking your neck.
— Eudora Welty
On the Writing Process:When in doubt, take it out., — Barbara DaCosta
Being a writer is not just about typing. It's also about surviving the rollercoaster of the creative journey.
— Joanna Penn
WHILE writing, just try to have fun with your ms. Enjoy the process, but push on. Always push toward the finish line!
— Darynda Jones
What is your advice to young writers?" "Drink, fuck and smoke plenty of cigarettes. — Charles Bukowski
Until you take a pen to write, then you will see the miracle of writing.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
When a person sets out to learn from others and not to teach others he becomes a true writer.
— Carla H. Krueger
Developing your voice takes ... time and practice. — Darynda Jones
Your writing should be filled with simple complexities and complex simplicities. Because that is life.
— Christy Hall
There is nothing better than expressions in words.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
..here's the editor's prescription, writer: 1000 words daily until next checkup.
— Rob Bignell, Editor
