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“Writing has always been the primary way I make sense of the world.”

World Way Writing Primaries Make Sense

Author:Meghan O'Rourke

“The best thing about writing fiction is that moment where the story catches fire and comes to life on the page, and suddenly it all makes sense and you know what it's about and why you're doing it and what these people are saying and doing, and you get to feel like both the creator and the audience. Everything is suddenly both obvious and surprising ("but of course that's why he was doing that, and that means that...") and it's magic and wonderful and strange.”

“Writing can be a pretty desperate endeavor, because it is about some of our deepest needs: our need to be visible, to be heard, our need to make sense of our lives, to wake up and grow and belong. It is no wonder if we sometimes tend to take ourselves perhaps a bit too seriously.”

Ifs Needs Writing Sometimes Grows Bits Wonder Our Lives Heard Wake Up Make Sense Visible Desperate Endeavor

Book:Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

Source: Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

“When I write now, I pretend I'm holding hands with the old me. I try to make sense of all those questions for her.”

Writing Trying Hands Make Sense Holding Hands

Author:Meg Medina

“If we want to write, it makes sense to read—and to read like a writer. If we wanted to grow roses, we would want to visit rose gardens and try to see them the way that a rose gardener would.”

Ifs Way Want Writing Trying Wanted Grows Garden Rose Make Sense Gardener Rose Garden

Author:Francine Prose

“It seems the best work I do is when I am really allowing the unconscious to rule the page and then later I can go back and hack around and make sense of things.”

Writing I Can Seems Pages Make Sense Unconscious Allowing Best Work Hacks

Author:Aimee Bender

“I love failure. It's stuff that I'm thinking about all the time in my life, so it would make sense to me anyway to write about it.”

Thinking Writing Stuff Make Sense

Author:Loudon Wainwright III

“We just write down a bunch of words, and pray to god they make sense. And if we don't, it doesn't matter, we're artists.”

Ifs Writing Matter Artist Praying Bunch Make Sense Praying To God Blink 182

Author:Tom DeLonge