Imitating Art
"Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life."— Oscar Wilde...
Two New People
"When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you've got two new people." — John Steinbeck...
Wall of Silence
"If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no matter what you are doing, driving a car or walking or doing housework you can still be writing, because you have that space." — Joyce Carol Oates...
Drink the Water
"Writing is magic, as much the water of life as any other creative art. The water is free. So drink. Drink and be filled up." —Stephen King...
I’m Calling Bullshit on Your “Writer’s Block”
"Writer's block? I've heard of this. This is when a writer cannot write, yes? Then that person isn't a writer anymore. I'm sorry, but the job is getting up in the fucking morning and writing for a living." — Warren Ellis "There's no such thing as writer's block. That was invented by people in California who couldn't write." — Terry Pratchett * Here's the thing about writer's block: it's bullshit. If someone says to me, "I have writer's block," then what I hear is: "I'm not writing".So many people believe that writer's block is real. Some even believe that it's a disease. A disease. Sorry, you don't have a disease. Cancer is a disease. Scurvy is a disease. Your blank page is not a symptom of a medical condition. You do not have a disease. You have laziness. You have fear or insecurity. Perhaps you're out of ideas. Or, maybe you just can't write. Maybe, deep down, you don't really want to...
When Editors Attack or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Love My Writing
"Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia." -Kurt Vonnegut, Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction"As a writer, you can't allow yourself the luxury of being discouraged and giving up when you are rejected, either by agents or publishers. You absolutely must plow forward." -Augusten Burroughs. Everything that I'm about to tell you is completely true, except for the parts that aren't, but there aren't any of those, so let's just get to it. Many writers, as you may or may not know, tend to suffer from a puzzling paradox of a fragile ego combined with a righteous arrogance. We constantly battle fear & self doubt, yet we still manage to believe in ourselves & our words to the very end. Day to day, depending on the weather, intensity of hangover, or how we feel about other people that day, we may feel rather insecure...