#writing

For me, it's writing a book and telling people about this story. ↗

— Rebecca Skloot

#book #me #people #story #telling

I started writing, or rather, thinking, stories as a child, and at that time the reason was very clear. ↗

— John Sladek

#clear #i #rather #reason #started

This is mainly because I spend a lot of time writing and so don't have much time to read; I hate to waste that time reading what may turn out to be junk food for the mind, when there's so much real writing to be read. ↗

— John Sladek

#food #hate #i #junk #junk food

At first it was my brother's songwriting and I was just doing what everyone told me. ↗

— Gwen Stefani

#doing #everyone #first #i #just

I wasted a lot of years working on my writing and very grandly saying, 'And now... My Novel!,' which would soon be reduced to a short story, then to a paragraph. ↗

— George Saunders

#i #lot #novel #now #paragraph

There's a really nice moment in the life of a piece of writing where the writer starts to get a feeling of it outgrowing him - or he starts to see it having a life of its own that doesn't have anything to do with his ego or his desire to 'be a good writer.' ↗

— George Saunders

#desire #ego #feeling #get #good

While you're writing, you can't concentrate nearly as well on what the speaker is saying. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#nearly #saying #speaker #well #while

I really enjoy the writing process because I can do it from my house. I can create these characters and take them in the different directions that I want to take them. You have a lot of freedom as a writer. ↗

— Rick Schroder

#characters #create #different #different directions #directions

A quiet impression could be a personal instruction from the Lord. It is personal and private. It comes from the Lord. Why is it important to keep sacred writings private? Because then He will give us more. ↗

— Richard G. Scott

#comes #could #give #important #impression

We are weak, writing is difficult, but for my own sake I do not regret this journey, which has shown that Englishmen can endure hardships, help one another, and meet death with as great a fortitude as ever in the past. ↗

— Robert Falcon Scott

#death #difficult #endure #englishmen #ever