#write

I asked Ring Lardner the other day how he writes his short stories, and he said he wrote a few widely separated words or phrases on a piece of paper and then went back and filled in the spaces. ↗

— Harold Ross

#back #day #few #filled #his

A writer will find inspiration anywhere. They have to look and see, that's all. Then they have to write. ↗

— Dermott Hayes

#inspirational

No person writes to win awards. ↗

— Mo Yan

#person #win #writes

Definition of a Writer: One who tells stories that demand to be told. ↗

— Ana Patrick

#inspirational #writers-on-writing #inspirational

Who thought up the dumb idea to arrange the memoir section in the bookstore by subject? ↗

— Slash Coleman

#inspirational #life #memoir #self-help #stories

Writers are the lunatic fringe of publishing. ↗

— Judith Rossner

#lunatic #publishing #writers

Without the dreamers who write science fiction and other imaginary material we'd still be sitting in caves ... if we weren't already extinct. ↗

— William C. Samples

#science-fiction #technology #writers #imagination

In order to write the book you want to write, in the end you have to become the person you need to become to write that book. ↗

— Junot Díaz

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

If you get stuck, get away from your desk. Take a walk, take a bath, go to sleep, make a pie, draw, listen to ­music, meditate, exercise; whatever you do, don't just stick there scowling at the problem. But don't make telephone calls or go to a party; if you do, other people's words will pour in where your lost words should be. Open a gap for them, create a space. Be patient." [The Guardian, 25 February 2010] ↗

— Hilary Mantel

#distraction #inspiration #openness #problem-solving #procrastination

The only reason you can't write is because you don't. ↗

— A.A. Patawaran

#writer-s-block #writing #inspirational