Writing
quotes and inspiration on writing
Writing
"For the first thing a writer should be is—excited. He should be a thing of fevers and enthusiasms." - Ray Bradbury
“The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.”
—Terry Pratchett
"Life asks for rewards back because it has favored us with animation." - Ray Bradbury
Zen in the Art of Writing
"‘Rather, you are continuously summoned to solidarity,’ summoned not by any ‘external compulsion’ but ‘from within yourself’. You cannot do otherwise. And the same went for Saul: if it comes from within yourself, then you cannot do otherwise. No novelist can." - Martin Amis
"When did you last read a book of poetry or take time, of an afternoon, for an essay or two?" - Ray Bradbury
"We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out." - Ray Bradbury
"If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot." - Stephen King
"The most important is that the writer’s original perception of a character or characters may be as erroneous as the reader’s. Running a close second was the realization that stopping a piece of work just because it’s hard, either emotionally or imaginatively, is a bad idea. Sometimes you have to go on when you don’t feel like it, and sometimes you... See more
The mathematical genius Alexander Grothendieck once had a metaphor for solving problems. He suggested that instead of forcing open an impossibly hard kernel with a hammer and chisel, one should simply let it sit in water and wait. Over time, the shell softens and opens with ease. This is also true in writing; time is the only non-substitutable ingr... See more