#writing

If I’m writing, at least I don’t feel as paralyzed. ↗

— Laura Goode

#poet #writing #young-adult #inspirational

I am writing neither for prestige nor wealth. I am writing purely out of enjoyment and the desire to tell a story. ↗

— Konah Fawkes

#writing #inspirational

There’s nothing worse than being violently jerked away from creativity. ↗

— Aaron B. Powell

#creativity #inspiration #jerked #muse #sex

If only i could hold a pen, i will spin the world around. ↗

— Michael Bassey Johnson

#success #talent #writing #inspirational

I’m not particularly keen on writing which exhaustively describes the physical characteristics of the people in the story and what they’re wearing… I can always get a J. Crew catalogue… …So spare me, if you please, the hero’s ‘sharply intelligent blue eyes’ and ‘outthrust determined chin’. ↗

— Stephen King

#intelligence

What is a writer? A writer is a magician who can create a masterpiece With a wave of a pencil A writer has the key to a new world Capturing readers and taking them on a roller coaster ride away from reality But a writer can be a commanding tyrant Or a hypnotist stealing minds What is a writer? A writer is a powerful being, an intelligent thinker And an artist creating mind pictures through words. A writer is a keeper of secrets Or like a roomful of words waiting for a book But a writer is also a puppet master taking control With no strings attached What is a writer? A writer is a true friend Using words to spread smiles to the world A writer is….. The voice of the hear ↗

— Carol Archer

#intelligence

In order to write about life first you must live it. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#life

I want to create a seventeen-syllable word that encompasses the human condition, and then use that word to form the world’s most perfect haiku. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#humanity #life #perfection #poetry #relationships

The best stories don't come from "good vs. bad" but "good vs. good. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#life #writing #life

I want to write because I have the urge to excel in one medium of translation and expression of life. I can't be satisfied with the colossal job of merely living. Oh, no, I must order life in sonnets and sestinas and provide a verbal reflector for my 60-watt lighted head. ↗

— Sylvia Plath

#life