Source: Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
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Source: Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
“The only failure in writing is when you stop doing it. Then you fail yourself.”
Source: Wild Mind: Living the Writer’s Life
“In the end, you have to just sit down, shut up, and write.”
“The deepest secret in our heart of hearts is that we are writing because we love the world.”
Source: Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
Source: Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
“Shut up and write anyway. Don't use anything as an excuse.”
Source: Wild Mind: Living the Writer's Life
Source: Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
“Shut up and write. Don't talk about writing, just physically do it.”
“I had cancer for fourteen months and wrote a memoir about the experience.”
“So even though I couldn't bear writing about cancer, I faced it every day.”
“I think book publishing is fun, but I also know I've been very lucky.”
Source: Wild Mind: Living the Writer’s Life
“This is your life. You are responsible for it. You will not live forever. Don't wait.”
Source: Wild Mind: Living the Writer’s Life
Source: Thunder and Lightning: Cracking Open the Writer's Craft
“Nobody cares much whether you write or not. You just have to do it”
“Anything we fully do is an alone journey.”
Source: Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
“Every moment is enormous and it is all we have.”
Source: Long Quiet Highway: Waking Up in America
“If you are not afraid of the voices inside you, you will not fear the critics outside you.”
Source: Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
Source: Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
Source: Thunder and Lightning: Cracking Open the Writer’s Craft
Source: Wild Mind: Living the Writer's Life
Source: Wild Mind: Living the Writer’s Life
Source: The Essential Writers Notebook: A Step-By-Step Guide to Better Writing