#writing

Writing is an act of love. If it is not it is only handwriting. It consists in obeying the driving force of plants and trees and in broadcasting sperm far around us. The richness of the world is in its wastefulness. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#love

It's quite simple. I just don't feel right without a pen in my hand denting a hole through my notepad. ↗

— Veronika Carnaby

#veronika-carnaby #writing #art

A short story is a sprint, a novel is a marathon. Sprinters have seconds to get from here to there and then they are finished. Marathoners have to carefully pace themselves so that they don't run out of energy (or in the case of the novelist-- ideas) because they have so far to run. To mix the metaphor, writing a short story is like having a short intense affair, whereas writing a novel is like a long rich marriage. ↗

— Jonathan Carroll

#novels #short-fiction #short-stories #writing #writing-process

Write all your dreams on a paper. Make them into beautiful stories. Write like no one is watching but write because it fills the heart with joy. Write and never stop. ↗

— Rylee Dawn

#beauty

All the ideas in the universe can be described by words. Therefore, if you simply take all the words and rearrange them randomly enough times, you’re bound to hit upon at least a few great ideas eventually. Sausage donkey swallows flying guillotine, my love assembly line.  ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#donkey #flying #greatness #ideas #random

and sometimes I sit down at my typewriter and I think not of someone cause there isn't anyone to think about and i wonder is it worth it ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#poetry #writing #love

You don’t deserve my image in your head. You don’t deserve my memories in your chest. ↗

— Coco J. Ginger

#deserve #hate-you #heart #jamie-weise #love-hate

The love between a writer and a reader is never celebrated. ↗

— Patricia Duncker

#writing #love

I never met a word I didn't love ↗