“I tell myself I write because I want to say something true and original about the nature of evil. That is very ambitious - to say something about the human condition that hasn't been written before. Probably I will never succeed but that is what I strive to do.” WantWritingHumansEvilWrittenConditionsSucceedOriginalsStriveHuman ConditionAmbitiousNature Of Evil Author:Jo Nesbo
“It’s a job. It’s not a hobby. You don’t write the way you build a model airplane. You have to sit down and work, to schedule your time and stick to it. Even if it’s just for an hour or so each day, you have to get a babysitter and make the time. If you’re going to make writing succeed you have to approach it as a job.” IfsWayWritingJobsHoursSucceedApproachModelsDown AndSticksEach DayAirplaneHobbiesSchedulesBabysitter Author:Rosellen Brown
“To me, obstacles in life build character. You have to be able to overcome adversity in order to succeed and appreciate the simple things life has to offer...that's where most of my inspiration for writing and singing comes from.” WritingCharacterInspirationAbleOrderSimpleOffersSucceedSingingAppreciateOvercomingAdversityObstaclesOvercoming AdversitySimple ThingsOrder To SucceedObstacle In Life Author:Elliott Yamin
“There are so many different kinds of writing and so many ways to work that the only rule is this: do what works. Almost everything has been tried and found to succeed for somebody. The methods, even the ideas of successful writers contradict each other in a most heartening way, and the only element I find common to all successful writers is persistence-an overwhelming determination to succeed.” WayWritingKindHas BeensIdeasDifferentFoundCommonSuccessfulSucceedElementsDeterminationMethodPersistenceOverwhelmingDifferent KindsDetermination To Succeed Book:For Writers Only: Inspiring Thoughts on the Exquisite Pain and Heady Joy of the Writing Life from Its Great Practitioners Source: For Writers Only: Inspiring Thoughts on the Exquisite Pain and Heady Joy of the Writing Life from Its Great Practitioners
“I like to be aware of a book as a piece of writing, and aware of its structure as a product of mind, and yet I want to be able to see the represented world through it. I admire artists who succeed in dividing my attention more or less evenly between the world of their books and the art of their books . . . so that a reader may study the work with pleasure as well as the world that it describes.” WorldWantWritingMindWellsMayArtBookAbleArtistPleasureAttentionStudyPiecesProductsReaderSucceedStructureAdmireDividing Author:Annie Dillard