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The task of the artist at any time is uncompromisingly simple — to discover what has not yet been done, and to do it. ↗

— Craig Raine

#inspirational #writers-on-writing #writing #inspirational

When I write an story, I start with one true thing – a memory, an image, a sensation – then I try to say one more true thing, then another, and another. By the time I reach the end – hopefully – I've told the truth all the way through. It's harder than it sounds, harder than it ought to be. But still worth trying. ↗

— David Surface

#thruth #writing #inspirational

The only way to be inclined to write is to write to your inclination. ↗

— Terry Lander

#inspiration #writers #writers-on-writing #writing #inspirational

Never give up. Never. Ever. Ever. ↗

— Nancy Hendrickson

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Biographies are best when written chronologically. Boring people don't make for good biographies. ↗

— Deana J. Driver

#non-fiction-books #non-fiction-books-inspirational #writers-on-writing #writing #writing-advice

The great thing about writing fiction is that you can do whatever the fuck you want, go as far as you are willing to go, and laugh at the people who take it seriously. ↗

— Christian Marotti

#dark #fiction #funny #humor #inspirational

They say your life is either an example or a warning. However, an inspirational writer's life tends to be both. Without our own mistakes, our books would never shed tears or shout Hallelujah. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#inspirational-authors #writers #inspirational

Nine tenths of the ills from which intelligent people suffer spring from their intellect. They need at least a doctor who understands the disease. How can you expect Cottard to be able to treat you? He has made allowances for the difficulty of digesting sauces, for gastric trouble, but he has made no allowance for the effect of reading Shakespeare. ↗

— Marcel Proust

#illness #shakespeare #writers #intelligence

An idea can be greater than the Sun, because with an intelligent idea, man can discover the way to create another sun! Idea is the greatest power in this universe! ↗

— Mehmet Murat ildan

#intelligence

Authors always carry a means for scribbling and an excuse for pausing, often inopportunely, to record those fleeting sparks of creative fancy that might otherwise vanish like a wisp in the wind if ignored.  Writing is a jealous and needy lover. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#creativity #inopportunity #jealousy #need #richelle