“The will to originality is not the will to be peculiar and unlike anybody else; it means the desire to derive one's consciousness from its primary source.” WritingMeanDesireConsciousnessSourcePrimariesPeculiarOriginalityPrimary Source Author:Nikolai Berdyaev
“A good writer cannot avoid having social consciousness. I don't mean this about small pieces of writing, but about a big book. If it's a big book, there has to be more than one undertow.” IfsWritingMeanBookBigsSocialConsciousnessPiecesGood WritersSmall PiecesBig BookSocial ConsciousnessUndertow Author:Marguerite Young
“Constant reading will pull you into a place - a mind-set, if you like the phrase - where you can write eagerly and without self-consciousness.” IfsWritingMindSelfReadingConsciousnessConstantPhrasesSelf ConsciousnessMind Set Book:On Writing Source: On Writing
“Usually when I'm writing, I kind of know what it is before I start writing and I write stream of consciousness style.” KnowsWritingKindConsciousnessStyleStreamsStream Of Consciousness Author:Billy Bob Thornton