Don't try to write what other people are writing - write what is true to you.
You know what's weird, I just write to write, with no intention, I just write.
I write because I can't imagine not writing.
Real writers are those who want to write, need to write, have to write.
Good writing is good writing, but that doesn't mean you can't orchestrate it or tweak it.
A good journalist is not the one that writes what people say, but the one that writes what he is supposed to write.
I write from what's in my heart. I write what I love and have always done that.
I write short stories. I write every day.
What I write, I write. I'll always do it in some form.
The thing I want to write most is the next thing I write.
I used to write stories and poetry, but for some reason I have it in my head that if I'm going to write, I have to write a script.
Reviewing music or reviewing anything is a writing job. It's nice if you are experienced in the field you are writing about, but writing is what you are doing.
Remember if you write, write, write, you can never be wrong."---Stephanie Skeem Author of Flotsam
Art stands on the shoulders of craft, which means that to get to the art, you must master the craft. If you want to write, practice writing.
I started writing when I had three kids under the age of 4. I used to write every ten minutes I got to sit in front of a computer. Now, when I have more time, I function the same way: if it's writing time, I write.
Literature represents the triumph of language over writing: the subversion of writing for purposes that have little or nothing to do with social and economic control.
Good writing works from a simple premise: your experience is not yours alone, but in some sense a metaphor for everyone's.
When you're hounded by the shame of the past, you can turn into a pretty miserable person who is always trying to measure up and please others.
As a writer you must keep a tight rein on your subjective self—the traveler touched by new sights and sounds and smells—and keep an objective eye on the reader.
I've lost track of the number of people who want to be writers but never actually write anything. Talking about writing, dreaming about writing, can be very fun, but it won't get a book written. You've got to write.
I don't write about anything I don't want to write about. I like to think I could write about anything pretty much that I chose to. I have been asked to write songs about specific things, and I've always been able to come up with the goods.
