#writing

It seems to me that since I've had children, I've grown richer and deeper. They may have slowed down my writing for a while, but when I did write, I had more of a self to speak from. ↗

— Anne Tyler

#deeper #did #down #grown #had

In the end, fiction is the craft of telling truth through lies. ↗

— Lauren Groff

#on-fiction #writing #writing-craft

You don’t create a diamond by rubbing it with fluffy bunny slippers. You need to apply pressure and heat. There are enough air-headed cheerleaders out there. We need more drill sergeants. ↗

— Julie Ann Dawson

#writer-feedback #writing-craft #writing-craft

Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil. J.Paul Getty ↗

— Alison Wong

#writing-craft

... yes I speak a different language - the dark fire of poetry - it flutters and gutters in tune with the mood ... ↗

— John Geddes

#different-language #mood #poetry #writing-craft #writing-craft

Good writing is always about things that are important to you, things that are scary to you, things that eat you up. ↗

— John Edgar Wideman

#importance-of-words #insightful #writing-craft #writing-craft

10 Steps to Becoming a Better Writer Write. Write more. Write even more. Write even more than that. Write when you don’t want to. Write when you do. Write when you have something to say. Write when you don’t. Write every day. Keep writing. ↗

— Brian Clark

#writing #writing-advice #writing-process #writing-process

The best thing about writing programs is that it rationalized the apprenticeship of a writer. ↗

— Russell Banks

#apprenticeship #best #programs #rationalized #thing

God, what a ghastly enterprise to be in, though--and what an odd way to achieve success. I'm an exhibitionist who wants to hide, but is unsuccessful at hiding; therefore, somehow I succeed. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#artist #exhibition #irony #persona #success

If you are destined to become a writer, you can't help it. If you can help it, you aren't destined to become a writer. The frustrations and disappointments, not even to mention the unspeakable loneliness, are too unbearable for anyone who doesn't have a deep sense of being unable to avoid writing. ↗

— Donald Harington

#writing-life #life