There are infinite shades of grey. Writing often appears so black and white.
- 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.
- 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.
- Octavia E. Butler
Either write something worth reading or
do something worth writing.
- Benjamin Franklin
I don’t need an alarm clock.
My ideas wake me.
- Ray Bradbury
Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence.