Each time I write, I reaffirm my soul.
~ Rob Bignell
Writing heals my heart like no pill ever could.
I want to question societal norms, encourage people to think in new ways.
~ Carla H. Krueger
There is just too much cruelty, selfishness and corruption in the world not to want to crush the poisonous will of those who cause it by writing about it as powerfully as I can.
Celebrate your day of birthday as special day.Make a specific birthday wishes and write it down.You will be amazed about the power of pen and inner strength to accomplish the wishes.This will be a special gift for yourself on each birthday.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
The gift of writing, natural flow of thoughts from the deepest heart.
When I write, I try to represent the voices of people I've known who had no voice.
Words are the writer's sorcery, our dark arts and our sleight of hand. They're our enchantment and our temptation
~ Karl Wiggins
Fiction gives us a reach into the lives of individuals that would otherwise be but a closed door. If we are gifted with a desire to tell tales, then we should tell them . . . if only to reach but a few.
~ James D. Maxon
A real piece of writing is one in which the writer has tried to enrich not only the book, but also his understanding of the words. The words themselves have to be open to new ideas and suggestions, and the writer himself must have the audacity to attempt new things and to risk failure
Every one of the big breakthroughs in the art of literature have possibly started as what many would call a ludicrous or even laughable idea as the writer occasionally balances a routine piece with an investment in the eccentric and untried. Over time, the reward is usually worth the risk
If you're doing it right... you should feel while you're doing it that you're revealing a little too much of yourself.
~ Neil Gaiman
When I write, I write obsessively. I try to pace myself, but some fires are too hot to put out.
I’m an observer. I am fascinated by people and how their minds work (and, of course, my own). Why we are the way we are, why we do the things we do – and that interest drives my writing. I was a physicist before fiction claimed my soul, so I’m an experimenter. I’m open to different ways of thinking. I like exaggerating, making things up. I’m a very open, honest person in life and that’s the way it should be, but when it comes to fiction, I want to pour a few sharp objects into the comfort zone. Our fears are powerful, yet we’ve all got a desire to laugh and be entertained. I could have followed the same path I do now as a scientist, examining how the brain works. Ironically I get much more freedom to experiment as a writer. That’s why I love it.
The act of putting pen to paper encourages pause for thought, this in turn makes us think more deeply about life, which helps us regain our equilibrium.
~ Norbet Platt
I live, love and loathe my characters. They stole my mind. They stole my heart.
Indentations on the page, words, my friends, and I will share them with you.
~ Victoria Sawyer
What happened was that sometimes I was, from a young age, put in the theater to watch movies because they kept me quiet and they kept me entertained, and they got me out from under the feet of my parents. So from a very early age, I went to the movies and I soon grew to prefer the life of the movies to my own life. The reality that the movies offered was preferable to the reality that I was experiencing. I became a child movie addict. I would go in with great pleasure and I'd never look at what was playing -- what was playing was unimportant. The fact was that I was entering a new world, an environment where not only was it much more attractive than my life was ordinarily, but also I could manipulate it to an extent by coming and going, and by looking at scenes or not, which I could not in my own life. I was subjected to my own domestic life. But I discovered a kind of power at the movies.
~ Donald Richie
I have wrought my simple planIf I give one hour of joyTo the boy who’s half a man,Or the man who’s half a boy.
~ Arthur Conan Doyle
I also know that not everyone will like what I do, and that there are many people who do love my work, and so I write for them, and for my own pleasure, and try not to brood too much over those who have different tastes. And I have written enough books now that I know the self-doubt and the anxiety are part of the creative process, and drive me to keep trying to do better, and keep me from becoming too cocksure about my writing, which is a form of creative death.
~ Kate Forsyth
Writing is taking human experience and wrapping it up into a package of your own ideas and hoping someone will pull the bow smiling on top to see what's hiding inside.
~ Roderick Vincent
I like to think I’ve written something worth reading when I cry the tears of the characters.
The last chapter in 'Alice in Worcestershire' is called 'Writing the book'.I started to write that 'Diary' chapter at the very beginning of the process and followed it through to the end... speaking to the reader.My decision to do this was because I've often read autobiographies and wondered how the author felt and how it impacted them writing about painful memories that had been locked away in a deep forgotten place.I wanted to know what was going in their 'present' life while they were writing; about the struggle with sharing their inner secrets and... I'm... inquisitive. (nosy)!It took me over five years to finish 'Alice in Worcestershire' because sometimes, I was simply too drained to continue. Periodically, I updated the 'Diary' chapter and, thankfully, it's enthusiastically appreciated by readers.
~ Eskay Teel
Set fire to cities and nations, to hearts and minds, to the very core of every human spirit. Make sure your words seep into the skin of the reader, leaving trace minerals that sustain the ailing human shell. Make them pay attention. Set fire to the soul. Anything less is an abomination to creation.
~ Susan Marie
You write what you know, and I know rock and roll.
~ Greg Kihn
In quickness is truth. The more swiftly you write, the more honest you are. In hesitation is thought. In delay comes the effort for a style, instead of leaping upon truth which is the only style worth deadfalling or tiger-trapping.
~ Ray Bradbury
...the secret to writing is to get your own pain - shout it out till it hurts your throat - weep it into your pillow - then write it down ...
~ John Geddes
My sincere desire is to write in a style that is simple enough for a child to understand, yet powerful enough to change lives.
~ Rev. Lorna Lorraine Wilson
Writing isn't about making money, getting famous, getting dates, getting laid, or making friends. In the end it's about enriching the lives of those who will read your work, and enriching your own life as well. It's about getting up, getting well, and getting over. Getting happy, okay? Getting happy. ...this book...is a permission slip: you can, you should, and if you're brave enough to start, you will. Writing is magic, as much the water of life as any other creative art. The water is free. So drink. Drink and be filled up.
~ Stephen King
Always carry with you a pen and a notebook or a journal to write the thoughts that flashes in a moments.
~ Lailah Giftyakita
My advice to writers is this:Walk, talk, breathe, laugh, cry, fall, rise, fail, succeed, run, jump, love, hate, hide, seek, learn, work, play, feel, LIVE.Then write it down.
~ S. Alex Martin
Where do storytellers find the wisdom to discover their own stories? From no place more mysterious than their own hearts.
~ Marion Dane Bauer
I would rather trust a person than a crowd.
~ Nikhil Sharda
When you have nothing left to lose, it's easy to dive deep into those deep, dark hidden places and write your truth. I'm there.
~ Lori Lesko
When I have written my last word, I will have taken my last breath.
~ Paige Skyler
To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company.
~ André Gide
Don’t write what you know—what you know may bore you, and thus bore your readers. Write about what interests you—and interests you deeply—and your readers will catch fire at your words.
~ Valerie Sherwood
Words are the bones. Writing is the lungs. Reading is like breathing.
~ T.l. Crain