“At some point fate takes over a story and even the author himself loses control.”— Alena Smith, Yvonne, Joanna Gleason, imdb.com
“We need to reality-check our expectations. Just because we don't sit down and channel the great American novel in one week doesn't mean we won't be good writers. And we need to remember that behind every 'naturally gifted' person is normally a huge amount of work, dedication and commitment.”— Brené Brown, amazon.com
“A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.”— Thomas Mann, amazon.com
“Become great the boring way. The obsessive way. Watch 100 stars be born that aren't you. Learn to be cool with it.”— John Mayer, instagram.com
“There is too much motivation to become a brand and not enough to become great at something.”— John Mayer, instagram.com
“When I read someone say that every writer dreams of their work being adapted for Film or TV, I roll my eyes. Writers dreams of being published, of finding readers and keeping them, of being given the space to write the books they want... everything else is just icing.”— John Boyne, twitter.com
“Endings are hard. Any chapped-ass monkey with a keyboard can poop out a beginning, but endings are impossible. You try to tie up every loose end, but you never can. The fans are always gonna bitch. There's always gonna be holes. And since it's the ending, it's all supposed to add up to something. I'…”— Eric Kripke, Chuck Shurley, Rob Benedict, imdb.com
“Next, as for the Memory, or retentive faculty, we may be sufficiently instructed from the written Histories of civil actions, what great assistance may be afforded the Memory, in the committing to writing things observable in natural operations.”— Robert Hooke, amazon.com
“One of the most important benefits of reaching out to others is learning that the experiences that make us feel the most alone are actually universal experiences.”— Brené Brown, amazon.com
“I honestly had no fucking clue what I was doing, I just made it up as I went along.”— Amy Kaufman, themuse.jezebel.com
“The hardest part for me was honestly the analytical part of exploring not only my own interests but America’s fascination with it, because I’m not even sure I got to the bottom of it, frankly.”— Amy Kaufman, themuse.jezebel.com
“It can be hard, during the solitary years of writing a book, to imagine it might ever find its way into in the lives & hearts of others.”— Robert Macfarlane, twitter.com
“Tell her to read whatever interests her & protect her if someone declares what she's reading to be trash. No one can fathom what happens between a human being & written language.”— Barry Lopez, amazon.com
“A good writer, like a good reader, has a mind's ear...writers need to hear as they write.”— Ursula K. Le Guin, amazon.com
“Scattered means that you’re not really writing, yet. When you’re deeply in the words that scattered feeling will vanish, but it takes work to de-scatter.”— Michael Lopp, quora.com
“To present a scientific subject in an attractive and stimulating manner is an artistic task, similar to that of a novelist or even a dramatic writer. The same holds for writing textbooks.”— Max Born, todayinsci.com
“Whoa. i have been trying to write an essay. like one of those ones i used to write all the time. ALL THE TIME. And my muscle memory is gone. I am rereading some old ones and i could swear someone else did them. IS THIS WHAT HAPPENS.”— Mary H.K. Choi, twitter.com
“The only updates you need to send an agent reading your query is if you've received an offer of representation or the Nobel Prize. Everything else irrelevant.”— Kate McKean, twitter.com
“True interactivity is not about clicking on icons or downloading files, it's about encouraging communication.”— Edwin Schlossberg, gurteen.com