The Process Quotes

A hammer made of deadlines is the surest tool for crushing writer's block.

Just write. That's my only tip. And read. I guess that's two.

Our knowledge of dynamic processes is necessarily inferior to our ability to describe stationary conditions.

In reading we live hundreds lives, in writing we live thousands of lives.

Yes, writing is that easy. Yes, writing is that hard. But if you want to do it you can. Only you can stop you.

Write what you love. Passion is the key to a good story.

When I write, it feels like there are two little creatures that sit on each of my shoulders. One whispers, "You can do this. You've got what it takes." The other sounds like my mother-in-law.

The trick to finding writing time is to make writing time in the life you've already got.

Forget ideas, Mr. Author. What kind of pen do you use?

Miracle focus messages compels masses to think that the process of production is not necessary for prosperity

If you want the answer—ask the question.

Everyone desires significance but not everyone is ready to go through the process of being ‘pregnant’ with the requirements that would make them to be significant.

I never had any doubts about my abilities. I knew I could write. I just had to figure out how to eat while doing this., New York Times, April 19, 1992]

The more you learn, the more you want to learn.

The BEACH Success System is a process to be used over and over again. It’s not a one-time exercise.

Thinking small is not humility.

When you fall short of your goals and dreams ask yourself is it your mindset, perspective, expectations, effort, approach, acceptance, company or a blend of these that needs to change.

It's a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack.

Advice to my younger self:1 Start where you are with what you have2 Try not to hurt other people3 Take more chances4 If you fail, keep trying

Any day above ground is a good day. Before you complain about anything, be thankful for your life and the things that are still going well.

i writebecauseit is the only wayi can reach you.

We cannot hope to change a nation without facing trials and persecution in the process

Speak Life:You are loved.You have purpose.You are a masterpiece.You are wonderfully made.God has a great plan for you.

Life is a process during which one initially gets less and less dependent, independent, and then more and more dependent.

In the process of letting go, we create abundance.

To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the music the words make.

Heavy as such things areAfter the wordslide, the writing begins."From "Word Quake

We can’t choose our poetic fathers any more than our biological ones — but we can choose how to come to terms with them.

Writing poetry is supernatural. Or, it should be.

Step out on faith and walk into your purpose.

In our process of spiritual maturity, our faith needs to attain bigger dimensions

A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.

Writing is something you do alone. Its a profession for introverts who want to tell you a story but don't want to make eye contact while doing it.", Nerdfighteria Wiki, January 17, 2012]

Put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff's worth, without pity, and destroy most of it.", 1964)

Collect books, even if you don't plan on reading them right away. Nothing is more important than an unread library.

Writing is thinking. To write well is to think clearly. That's why it's so hard.", July/Aug. 2002, Vol. 23/No. 4)

Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a landmine. The landmine is me. After the explosion, I spend the rest of the day putting the pieces together.

[A]lways get to the dialogue as soon as possible. I always feel the thing to go for is speed. Nothing puts the reader off more than a big slab of prose at the start.", Issue 64, Winter 1975)

You can always edit a bad page. You can't edit a blank page.

Anyone who says writing is easy isn't doing it right.

Expansion. That is the idea the novelist must cling to. Not completion. Not rounding off, but opening out.

I'm not a writer. Ernest Hemingway was a writer. I just have a vivid imagination and type 90 WPM.

In displaying the psychology of your characters, minute particulars are essential. God save us from vague generalizations!", May 10, 1886)

If writing didn't require thinking then we'd all be doing it.

There is a ruthlessness to the creative act. It often involves a betrayal of the status quo.

Writing starts with living.—Rumors of Water: Thoughts on Creativity & Writing

Collaborating on a film script involves two people sitting in a room separated by the silence of two minds working together.

So it is that a writer writes many books. In each book, he intended several urgent and vivid points, many of which he sacrificed as the book's form hardened.

The writer who loses his self-doubt, who gives way as he grows old to a sudden euphoria, to prolixity, should stop writing immediately: the time has come for him to lay aside his pen.

I have often believed the pen to be a needle, and ink to be a thread. Each story is an intricately woven tapestry and with each word I invariably sew a piece of myself into the page.