#writ

Only by examining our personal biases can we truly grow as artists; only by cultivating empathy can we truly grow as people. ↗

— Jen Knox

#artist #empathy #life #philosophy #truth

It was my 16th birthday - my mom and dad gave me my Goya classical guitar that day. I sat down, wrote this song, and I just knew that that was the only thing I could ever really do - write songs and sing them to people. ↗

— Stevie Nicks

#birthday #classical #classical guitar #could #dad

If I don't write it, they can't buy it. ↗

— Connie Cox

#writerly-inspiration #inspirational

I've been a writer for 42 years and, yes, it is a full time job for me. Not a hobby, but serious work. ↗

— Donald McKay

#full #hobby #i #job #me

We absolutely need to reform the Congressional budget-writing process. ↗

— Patrick McHenry

#congressional #need #process #reform #writing process

The Nobel Prize is the best thing that can happen to a writer in terms of how it affects your contracts, the publishers, and the seriousness with which your work is taken. On the other hand, it does interfere with your private life, or it can if you let it, and it has zero effect on the writing.It doesn't help you write better and if you let it, it will intimidate you about future projects. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#inspiration #writing #art

No, you're either born a writer, a storyteller, or you're not. ↗

— John Milius

#either #storyteller #writer #you

I didn't break into comics to write fairytales or crime comics. ↗

— Mark Millar

#comics #crime #fairytales #i #into

Never give up. Dare to Dream. Dare to believe. ↗

— Stacey T. Hunt

#author #awesome #believe #books #dare

So while it is true that I find really dark stuff funny sometimes, it's also true that as a writer of books I want to have the whole range of human emotions. ↗

— Rick Moody

#books #dark #emotions #find #funny