#writing

Every writer has his writing technique - what he can and can't do to describe something like war or history. I'm not good at writing about those things, but I try because I feel it is necessary to write that kind of thing. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#because #describe #every #feel #good

In twenty years I've never had a day when I didn't have to think about someone else's needs. And this means the writing has to be fitted around it. ↗

— Alice Munro

#around #day #else #fitted #had

There's no such thing as perfect writing, just like there's no such thing as perfect despair. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#just #like #perfect #such #thing

Writing is fun - at least mostly. I write for four hours every day. After that I go running. As a rule, 10 kilometers (6.2 miles). That's easy to manage. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#day #easy #every #every day #four

Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck. ↗

— Iris Murdoch

#commit #getting #getting married #like #luck

My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living. ↗

— Anais Nin

#desk #ideas #living #midst #usually

And every friend I've got has been writing Mars stories. It was pretty clear I'd never catch up. ↗

— Larry Niven

#catch #clear #every #friend #got

'Thank you power' is writing down the moments that are good in your life so that you can go back and reflect on them - so you've got this sort of repository of good stuff in your past. ↗

— Deborah Norville

#down #go #good #got #life

I am a writer because writing is the thing I do best. ↗

— Flannery O'Connor

#because #best #i #i am #i do

Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. ↗

— Flannery O'Connor

#during #experience #falls #hair #novel