#writing

I want to be clear about this. If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#experience

For some reason writing and drawing are very separate processes for me. ↗

— Alison Bechdel

#me #processes #reason #separate #some

When I came out of service, the first couple of releases didn't really hit so I just took a little hiatus and sat down to see what was happening. I just glued my ears to the radio and then I started writing - the first hit record that came out was "Everybody Loves a Winner." ↗

— William Bell

#couple #down #ears #everybody #first

I had a dream I put my hands inside my chest and held my heart to try to keep it still. ↗

— Mariko Tamaki

#beauty

The beginning and the end are never really the journey of discovery for me. It is the middle that remains a puzzle until well into the writing. That's how life is most of the time, isn't it? You know where you are and where you hope to wind up. It's the getting there that's challenging. ↗

— Anna Quindlen

#life

Love is easy, and I love writing. You can't resist love. You get an idea, someone says something, and you're in love. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#get #i #i love #idea #love

The answer to all writing, to any career for that matter, is love. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#any #career #love #matter #writing

I'd much rather do an obviously commercial writing project than get a day job. ↗

— Poppy Z. Brite

#day #get #i #job #much

Hollywood called just as I crested thirty. My novels did not and still do not interest them, but my writing ability did. ↗

— Rita Mae Brown

#called #did #hollywood #i #interest

I have no idea what will come next in my writing life or life in general. I like not knowing, but I know what I want. That doesn't mean it will happen, but I'll give it my best try. ↗

— Rita Mae Brown

#come #general #give #happen #i