Tomorrow may be…

Tomorrow may be hell, but today was a good writing day, and on the good writing days nothing else matters.

Neil Gaiman

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If I do not wri…

If I do not write to empty my mind, I go mad.

George Gordon Byron

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Creativity invo…

Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.

Edward de Bono

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There is no rul…

There is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly; sometimes it’s like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges.

Ernest Hemingway

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Writing is a so…

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.

E.L. Doctorow

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You’re a writer…

You’re a writer, the ‘normal’ ship sailed without you long ago.

Terri Main

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The difference …

The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.

Mark Twain

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There is someth…

There is something about words. In expert hands, manipulated deftly, they take you prisoner. Wind themselves around your limbs like spider silk, and when you are so enthralled you cannot move, they pierce your skin, enter your blood, numb your thoughts. Inside you they work their magic.

Diane Setterfield

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Writing a novel…

Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. I’m always irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It is a plunge into reality and it’s very shocking to the system.

Flannery O’Connor

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Don’t quit. It’…

Don’t quit. It’s very easy to quit during the first 10 years. Nobody cares whether you write or not, and it’s very hard to write when nobody cares one way or the other. You can’t get fired if you don’t write, and most of the time you don’t get rewarded if you do. But don’t quit.

Andre Dubus

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