#writing

That's the best thing about writing, when you're in that zone, you're porous, ready to absorb the solution. ↗

— Michael Chabon

#absorb #best #porous #ready #solution

I do not pretend to write much of a letter. You know under what circumstances I am writing. ↗

— Joshua Chamberlain

#circumstances #i #i am #i do #know

I'm excited and terrified to write something new. I won't be writing about suburbia. ↗

— Marc Cherry

#excited #i #new #something #suburbia

All is fair in love and songwriting. ↗

— Norah Jones

#love #songwriting

I don't know what the secret is when I am writing it - it really is a surprise to me. ↗

— Lee Child

#i #i am #know #me #really

Writers fish for the right words like fishermen fish for, um, whatever those aquatic creatures with fins and gills are called. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#aquatic #bizarre #creatures #fins #fish

In the writing of memoirs, as in the production of shows, too much caution causes the audience to nod and think of other channels. ↗

— Gerald Clarke

#causes #caution #channels #memoirs #much

I love stories. When I'm writing, what I pretend subconsciously is that we're cavemen, we're sitting around the fire, and I'm telling you stories. If I bore you, you're probably going to pick up a big club and hit me over the head. ↗

— Harlan Coben

#big #bore #club #fire #going

I'm not very happy idle. There's always this voice in my head that says, 'I should be writing.' ↗

— Harlan Coben

#happy #head #i #idle #says

Outlining is not writing. Coming up with ideas is not writing. Researching is not writing. Creating characters is not writing. Only writing is writing. ↗

— Harlan Coben

#coming #creating #ideas #only #outlining