Quotes on “writing”

Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.

Writers are the exorcists of their own demons.

Perhaps I write for no one. Perhaps for the same person children are writing for when they scrawl their names in the snow.

A word after a word after a word is power.

You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.

Ideas aren't magical; the only tricky part is holding on to one long enough to get it written down.

I would rather write 10,000 notes than a single letter of the alphabet.

I've got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.

Every few weeks she would shut herself up in her room, put on her scribbling suit, and fall into a vortex, as she expressed it, writing away at her novel with all her heart and soul, for till that was finished she could find no peace.

Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.

A short story is a love affair, a novel is a marriage. A short story is a photograph; a novel is a film.

Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.

Read a thousand books, and your words will flow like a river.

Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.

The best stories don't come from "good vs. bad" but "good vs. good."

Don't get it right - get it WRITTEN!

Write about the emotions you fear the most.

I don't think all writers are sad, she said.I think it's the other way around—all sad people write.