#writ

Put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff's worth, without pity, and destroy most of it." (Casual Chance, 1964) ↗

— Colette

#editing #self-criticism #writing #chance

you can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will. ↗

— Stephen King

#positive-thinking #self-empowerment #writing #think

You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children. ↗

— Madeleine L'Engle

#children #difficult #grown-ups #write #writers

After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#needs #stories #storytelling #writing #need

So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads. ↗

— Dr. Seuss

#on-writing #need

To a young heart everything is fun. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#fun

One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple. ↗

— Jack Kerouac

#simplicity #writing #words

Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly -- they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#words #writing #words

There are books full of great writing that don't have very good stories. Read sometimes for the story... don't be like the book-snobs who won't do that. Read sometimes for the words--the language. Don't be like the play-it-safers who won't do that. But when you find a book that has both a good story and good words, treasure that book. ↗

— Stephen King

#on-writing #stories #storytelling #words

We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect. ↗

— Anaïs Nin

#qoutes-on-writing #writing #life