A Creative Writing Now email hit my Inbox this morning, in which were these quotations (and others) for creatives like me:
- “If you want to write, write it. That’s the first rule.” ~Robert Parker
- “Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished? Yes; work never begun.” ~Christina Rossetti
- “On the whole, stories don’t write themselves.” ~Neil Gaiman
- “You only learn to be a better writer by actually writing.” ~Doris Lessing
- “Becoming a writer means being creative enough to find the time and the place in your life for writing.” ~Heather Sellers
- “The best training is to read and write, no matter what.” ~Grace Paley
- “Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.” ~E.L. Doctorow
- “Writing is really just a matter of writing a lot, writing consistently and having faith that you’ll continue to get better and better.” ~Laura Kasischke
- “Inspiration usually comes during work, not before it.” ~Madeleine L’Engle
- “Writing is total grunt work. A lot of people think it’s all about sitting and waiting for the muse. I don’t buy that. It’s a job. There are days when I really want to write, days when I don’t. Every day I sit down and write.” ~Jodi Picoult
- “If there’s any single talent a writer needs, it’s persistence. If you can keep at your writing and you can learn as you write, you can tell any story you want to tell.” ~Octavia Butler
- “Writing is making sense of life.” ~Nadine Gordimer
- “Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself.” ~Terry Pratchett
