#writing

Funny + sad is what I'm pitching for, every time. ↗

— Nick Hornby

#funny

It’s a funny thing about writing. You get so balled up in a story idea that you lose your perspective and forget that human being might read your words someday. ↗

— Gary Reilly

#funny

I like to write in poorly lit conditions. It allows darkness to creep into my humor, and bad eyesight to excuse me from accountability. ↗

— Bauvard

#funny #humor #writing #funny

I sat down and tried to write a story. "Ian MacArthur is a wonderful sweet fellow who wears glasses and peers out of them with delight." That was the first sentence. The problem was that I just couldn't think of the next one. After cleaning my room three times, I decided to leave Ian alone for a while because I was starting to get mad at him. ↗

— Stephen Chbosky

#funny #humor #writer-s-block #writing #writing-process

Part of the appeal of the fantastic is taking ridiculous ideas very seriously and pretending they're not absurd. ↗

— China Miéville

#humor #writing #humor

And there was that poor sucker Flaubert rolling around on his floor for three days looking for the right word. ↗

— Dorothy Parker

#humor #on-writing #writing #humor

Artistry exists in everyone. What makes it blossom is a soul's personal desire to find an outlet for expression. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#author #creativity #expression #personal-expression #richelle

BIG books are better.  There, I said it and it's true.  ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#preferences #reading #richelle #richelle-goodrich #writing

People who think that grammar is just a collection of rules and restrictions are wrong. If you get to like it, grammar reveals the hidden meaning of history, hides disorder and abandonment, links things and brings opposites together. Grammar is a wonderful way of organising the world how you'd like it to be. ↗

— Delphine de Vigan

#grammar

Writing is a struggle against silence. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

#writing-process