The Writing Life Quotes
There is a certain type of greasy hair that you get only when you are writing with no breaks.
Words writers choose are like a glimmering reflection into our souls.
Never wait for your muse. Train him/her to show up to work when you do by pushing on. It's a dominant submission thing.
For the writer, madness should seep slowly out of them from the world they endure each day.
I think writing is like ministry. You get this call and you run before accepting it. If you run right to it, there's a good chance you were not called.
There are as many ways to discover your story as there are to trip over a dog in the kitchen--and some of them feel about as planned.
Writing is not a numbers game. You should focus more on reaching the hearts of readers and building fans more than publishing a plethora of books that no one may care about.
Ignore people who say you can't do it, even if this person is yourself.
One of the greatest gifts we can give someone is our undivided attention--a thought that whispers constantly in the ear of any author who respects their readers.
Books are like horcruxes--without all the evil--because a piece of the author goes into each one.
The beauty of writing is imagining new endings to a time of darkness, like burning off a morning fog with the heat and clarity of the sun.
Of course, I tried to surround myself with other people like me whose dream of writing was a constant burden....
Who knows why we do it? And when we've done it, nobody wants it. Still we keep doing it. That's what makes a writer a writer.
Your first draft is a petulant teenager, sure it knows best, adamant that its Mother is wrong. Your third draft has emerged from puberty, realising that its Mother was right about everything.
Today I fed him right off the bat, and only checked Facebook twice.
You are more ready and able to grasp at opportunity when your hands are empty.
Lost in New York City. Not that I don't know where I am, but rather perplexed as to where I am going.
I think that’s why I write—the not knowing and the blasted good feeling I get out of it all.
Writing is not a hobby. Collecting stamps or coins is a hobby. Writing is a calling.
On the way home, I saw a fist fight between an adverb and a pair of parentheses.I kept on walking.
Being blind is the worst possible thing and asking me to read and write no more is torture.
Another drink, another sentence, and the writing continues on. . . .
No matter how many books I write, I will eventually get to fiction. That is where I'm going.
You’re a loner in body, mind, and soul. A writer who spends a day of solitude in the office is plagued by a mind that travels with the body. The work never stops.
I wrote about the things I discovered along the way and about how whether we believe it or not, everything we need to succeed in life is already present inside us. We just have to find the few.
Don't ever rely on one job, business contact, etc for your main source of income. Receive multiple sources of income for success.
Some of my greatest successes in business are simply the result of taking huge, calculated risks.
Get out of your comfort zone and go for it. I do this when I apply for lead acting parts in feature movies.
Last night your thin walls invited me to the party next door / reminded me I am a quiet person in a quiet life.
Does talking to yourself in the voice of your fictional character count as being social?
Life is a story, until I awake and saw life as a dream.