Writers on Writing
There are infinite shades of grey. Writing often appears so black and white.
There are infinite shades of grey. Writing often appears so black and white.
- Rebecca Solnit
- Rebecca Solnit
I would advise anyone who aspires to a writing career that before developing his talent he would be wise to develop a thick hide.
I would advise anyone who aspires to a writing career that before developing his talent he would be wise to develop a thick hide.
- Harper Lee
- Harper Lee
You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually, you get better at it. That's why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.
You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually, you get better at it. That's why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.
- Octavia E. Butler
- Octavia E. Butler
Either write something worth reading or
Either write something worth reading or
do something worth writing.
do something worth writing.
- Benjamin Franklin
- Benjamin Franklin
I don’t need an alarm clock.
I don’t need an alarm clock.
My ideas wake me.
My ideas wake me.
- Ray Bradbury
- Ray Bradbury
Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence.
Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence.
- Alice Walker
- Alice Walker
A word after a word after a word is power.
A word after a word after a word is power.
- Margaret Atwood
- Margaret Atwood