#writing

True writers know that writing is not something they feel required to do, or to make a living they must do, it is quite frankly like breathing. Some can breathe often and fluently, some short breaths, some a long exhale and for many of us it is the patient steady breathing surrounding life. ↗

— Milissa R. Bailey

#breathing #dreams-inspirational #faith #family #inspirational

If a reporter doesn't like the person he's writing about, it shows up in his article. ↗

— Willie Stargell

#article #his #like #person #reporter

The beautiful feeling after writing a poem is on the whole better even than after sex, and that's saying a lot. ↗

— Anne Sexton

#beautiful #better #even #feeling #lot

Writing songs has a therapeutic effect, and it either kills off love or wins the heart of the lover. ↗

— Shakira

#either #heart #kills #love #lover

You know, the process of making a documentary is one of discovery, and like writing a story, you follow a lead and that leads you to something else and then by the time you finish, the story is nothing like you expected. ↗

— William Shatner

#discovery #documentary #else #expected #finish

Writing is like a contact sport, like football. You can get hurt, but you enjoy it. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

#enjoy #football #get #hurt #like

If you're young enough, any kind of writing you do for a short period of time is a marvelous apprenticeship. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

#apprenticeship #enough #kind #marvelous #period

Writing for the theater, you find yourself living a nocturnal life. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

#life #living #nocturnal #theater #writing

Writing is finally play, and there's no reason why you should get paid for playing. ↗