#tin

Fear and self-doubt are the deadly enemies of creativity. Don’t invite either into your mind. ↗

— Don Roff

#fear #inspirational #mind #self-doubt #writing

Writing is like a lump of coal. Put it under enough pressure and polish it enough and you might just end up with a diamond. Otherwise, you can burn it to keep warm. ↗

— A.J. Dalton

#inspirational #writing-advice #inspirational

Boggle with sex addicts is up there with go-kart racing with junkies. ↗

— Russell Brand

#humor #inspirational #satire #humor

Writing means not just staring ugliness in the face, but finding a way to embrace it. ↗

— Veronica Roth

#writing #inspirational

If you are faced with a mountain, you have several options. You can climb it and cross to the other side. You can go around it. You can dig under it. You can fly over it. You can blow it up. You can ignore it and pretend it’s not there. You can turn around and go back the way you came. Or you can stay on the mountain and make it your home. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#coping #difficulties #mountain #mountains #obstacle

I wrote a book. It sucked. I wrote nine more books. They sucked, too. Meanwhile, I read every single thing I could find on publishing and writing, went to conferences, joined professional organizations, hooked up with fellow writers in critique groups, and didn’t give up. Then I wrote one more book. ↗

— Beth Revis

#debut-author #first-drafts #inspiration #persistence #publishing

I don't trust men everybody likes. Being nice isn't the same as being good. ↗

— Sarah Rees Brennan

#wisdom #writing #inspirational

If a man comes to the door of poetry untouched by the madness of the Muses, believing that technique alone will make him a good poet, he and his sane compositions never reach perfection, but are utterly eclipsed by the performances of the inspired madman. ↗

— Socrates

#mental-illness #writing #writing-life #inspirational

Personal responsibility is the willingness to completely accept choices that we have made throughout our life. ↗

— Asa Don Brown

#motivational-psychologicall #waiting-to-live #inspirational

Confidence is like a dragon where, for every head cut off, two more heads grow back. ↗

— Criss Jami

#confidence #confident #determination #dragon #dragons