#writ

As the saying goes, you might as well be yourself; everyone else is taken. ↗

— Robert Bly

#writing #writing-advice

Writing my blog has saved me thousands on therapy. ↗

— Phil Cooke

#self-expression #writing #mental-health

If you're a writer, the answer to everything is yes. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#writer-quotes #writing #writers-quotes

But still I feel I waste a lot of time leaning on my elbow and thinking to myself, "alright sucker, now what? ↗

— Peter S. Beagle

#writing #writers-quotes

I don't keep any copy of my books around... they would embarass me. When I finish writing my books, I kick them in the belly, and have done with them. ↗

— Ludwig Bemelmans

#around #belly #books #copy #done

1. Write like you’ll live forever — fear is a bad editor. 2. Write like you’ll croak today — death is the best editor. 3. Fooling others is fun. Fooling yourself is a lethal mistake. 4. Pick one — fame or delight. 5. The archer knows the target. The poet knows the wastebasket. 6. Cunning and excess are your friends. 7. TV and liquor are your enemies. 8. Everything eternal happens in a spare room at 3 a.m. 9. You’re done when the crows sing. ↗

— Ron Dakron

#dakron #on-writing #ron-dakron #rules #writers

I found the writing arena to be much less competitive. ↗

— Phil Hartman

#competitive #found #i #less #much

I have written most of my melodies walking and I feel it is definitely one of the most helpful ways of sewing all of the different things in your life together and seeing the whole picture. ↗

— Bjork

#different #different things #feel #helpful #i

One of the most attractive things about writing your autobiography is that you're not dead. ↗

— Joseph Barbera

#attractive #autobiography #dead #most #things

The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after you with machetes. ↗

— Dave Barry

#after #come #offending #people #problem