We who make stories know that we tell lies for a living. But they are good lies that say true things, and we owe it to our readers to build them as best we can. Because somewhere out there is someone who needs that story. Someone who will grow up with a different landscape, who without that story will be a different person. And who with that story may have hope, or wisdom, or kindness, or comfort. And that is why we write.
Neil GaimanTags: writing write stories readers neil-gaiman-on-writing
So why do I write, torturing myself to put it down? Because in spite of myself I've learned some things. Without the possibility of action, all knowledge comes to one labeled "file and forget," and I can neither file nor forget. Nor will certain ideas forget me; they keep filing away at my lethargy, my complacency. Why should I be the one to dream this nightmare?
Ralph EllisonTags: why write torture nightmare invisible-man
I am awfully greedy; I want everything from life. I want to be a woman and to be a man, to have many friends and to have loneliness, to work much and write good books, to travel and enjoy myself, to be selfish and to be unselfish… You see, it is difficult to get all which I want. And then when I do not succeed I get mad with anger.
Simone de BeauvoirTags: life friends books man woman write work selfish loneliness travel anger myself greedy
The more I write the more I learn about writing. It is easy to say what looks good or sound good on paper until you experience it for yourself.
Jeanette MichelleTags: experience writing write looks-good
I haven’t had writer’s block. I think it’s because my process involves writing very badly.
Jennifer EganTags: write writer writer-s-block
You need to establish a degree of privacy and solitude in order to write
Pamela Glass KellyProfessional writers write to fit
Pamela Glass KellyTags: writers write professional
I have an impulse to write all over the orange walls- I need an alphabet of endings ripped out of books, of hands pulled off of clocks, of cold stones, of shoes filled with nothing but wind.
Jandy NelsonTags: write ending jandy-nelson the-sky-is-everywhere
The best work that anybody ever writes is the work that is on the verge of embarrassing him, always.
Arthur MillerTags: fear writing write work courage bravery human memory honor best fury embarassment
That's what I do. Watch movies and read. Sometimes I even pretend to write, but I'm not fooling anyone. Oh, and I go to the mailbox.
Nicole KraussTags: life reading books thinking love write movies everyday-life
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