“… through storytelling we share knowledge, recover from trauma, survive, thrive, re-build, testify…” Danny Denton QUOTES FOR WRITERS
And if “story” (be it journalism, memoir, poetry, fiction, chat, therapy, weather talk or whatever else) is our way of processing the things that happen to us and the things … Continue reading
You should write because…advice from the author of Brokeback Mountain QUOTES FOR WRITERS
You should write because you love the shape of stories and sentences and the creation of different words on a page. Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest … Continue reading
We are lonesome animals – John Steinbeck on why writers write: Quotes for writers (and people who like quotes)
A writer out of loneliness is trying to communicate like a distant star sending signals. He isn’t telling or teaching or ordering. Rather he seeks to establish a relationship of … Continue reading
Vita Sackville-West on what we lose if we don’t write — Quotes for writers (and people who like quotes)
It is necessary to write, if the days are not to slip emptily by. How else, indeed, to clap the net over the butterfly of the moment? For the moment … Continue reading
Writing is Magic…Quotes for writers (and people who like quotes)
Writing isn’t about making money, getting famous, getting dates, getting laid or making friends. Writing is magic, as much as the water of life as any other creative art. The … Continue reading
Why writers write: Philip Larkin — Quotes for writers (and people who like quotes)
It seems as if you’ve seen this sight, felt this feeling, had this vision, and have got to find a combination of words that will preserve it by setting it … Continue reading
Getting pigeon-holed by Dragons – TERRY PRATCHETT Quotes for writers (and people who like quotes)
We categorize too much on the basis of unreliable assumption. A literary novel written by Brian Aldiss must be science fiction, because he is a known science fiction writer; a … Continue reading
Quotes for writers (and people who like quotes) writers and icebergs
If a writer of prose knows enough about what he is writing about, he may omit things that he knows… The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to … Continue reading
Quotes for writers (and people who like quotes) What writers should do – Natalie Goldberg
Take out another notebook, pick up another pen, and just write, just write, just write. In the middle of the world, make one positive step. In the centre of chaos, … Continue reading
Quotes for writers (and people who like quotes) Why do you want to be a writer?
Ask yourself why you want to be a writer. If your answer is to be rich, or famous, or published or in fact anything other than that you have a … Continue reading
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