You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you. ~Ray Bradbury

The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say. ~Anaïs Nin

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia. ~E.L. Doctorow


The wastebasket is a writer's best friend. ~Isaac Bashevis Singer

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass. ~Anton Chekhov

Easy reading is damn hard writing. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne

Every writer I know has trouble writing. ~Joseph Heller

Writing comes more easily if you have something to say. ~Sholem Asch

All my best thoughts were stolen by the ancients. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

What no wife of a writer can ever understand is that a writer is working when he's staring out of the window. ~Burton Rascoe