#writing

If you gotta scratch the itch, scratch it. Or, if you want to do away with the day job, scratch, itch or no! ↗

He didn't need a psychiatrist to point out that writing had its autoerotic side — you beat a typewriter instead of your meat, but both acts depended largely on quick wits, fast hands and a heartfelt commitment to the art of the farfetched. ↗

— Stephen King

#art

A work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#writing #art

The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon. ↗

— Robert Cormier

#beauty

I am aware of being in a beautiful prison, from which I can only escape by writing. ↗

— Anaïs Nin

#beauty

A story isn't a charcoal sketch, where every stroke lies on the surface to be seen. It's an oil painting, filled with layers that the author must uncover so carefully to show its beauty. ↗

— Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

#beauty

I wasn't sure what I'd done to deserve such a wonderful gift, and I wasn't sure if it was insolent, but I thanked God for fallen angels. ↗

— Jamie McGuire

#gratefulness #inspirational #thoughtful #beauty

You must write for yourself, above all. That is your only hope of creating something beautiful. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#self-expression #beauty

… and the most beautiful words ever spoken, I have not yet said to you. ↗

— Nâzım Hikmet

#writing #beauty

The river was so blue it seemed to be breathing. ↗