Ralph Keyes Quotes

Fear is felt by writers at every level. Anxiety accompanies the first word they put on paper and the last.

Anxiety is not only an inevitable part of the writing process but a necessary part. If you’re not scared, you’re not writing.

Serious writers write, inspired or not. Over time they discover that routine is a better friend than inspiration.

Writing can be wonderful therapy, and cheap at the price. At the very least, you eventually get bored by thinking about anxious topics and move on.

I think that simply nudging yourself into unfamiliar settings - physical or emotional - can produce surprising results on the writing front.

Be as creative in your tactics as you are in your writing. Find what gets your engine going, no matter how peculiar it may seem to others.

Willa Cather said that she write best when she stopped trying to write and began simply to remember.

Authors always feel in danger of being abandoned by loved ones. This is a potent fear. Yet it's as inevitable as writer's cramp when we presume to write words for others to read.