Writing Quotes

"I am not one of those who believe that taking drugs produces a permanent bettering of the human mind. Every great writer, every genuine artist, has had the experience of being intoxicated by language." "A lawyer is a person who writes a 10,000-word document and calls it a brief" "Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of oneself" "This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays." "Write only if you cannot live without writing. Write only what you alone can write." "You can make anything by writing." "I’ve always believed that endings are the hardest things to get right, but they’re the most important thing because that’s what stays with people" "Books and pens are the weapons that defeat terrorism" "I don't write too many things down I like to let it happen organically" "If you can't code, write books and blogs, record videos and podcasts" "I'm not trying to represent another person. I'm OK with people recognizing my work as writer and creator. I'm better off suited by being myself." "It's not a lie. It's a gift for fiction." "You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers and other people is we notice when we’re doing it." "Tomorrow may be hell, but today was a good writing day, and on the good writing days nothing else matters." "I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by." "True ease in writing comes from art not chance as those move easiest who have learn’d to dance" "A poet can survive everything but a misprint." "Your job is to tell your story." "Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass." "Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar."