Quotes on “writing”

We are great writers on the same dreadful typewriter

What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out.

I have always had more dread of a pen, a bottle of ink, and a sheet of paper than of a sword or pistol.

The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.

There was a moment when I changed from an amateur to a professional. I assumed the burden of a profession, which is to write even when you don't want to, don't much like what you're writing, and aren't writing particularly well.

The best time for planning a book is while you're doing the dishes.

My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.