“Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is a result of good work habits.”— Twyla Tharp, amazon.com
“The impulse to write things down is a peculiarly compulsive one, inexplicable to those who do not share it, useful only accidentally, only secondarily, in the way that any compulsion tries to justify itself. I suppose that it begins or does not begin in the cradle.”— Joan Didion, amazon.com
“Why do good work when studies show that this is actually a deterrent to social sharing?”— Ryan Holiday, observer.com
“Express the darkness with pen and paper. Write until you are empty of the negative thoughts. Write until you feel free from the chains of misery. Writing has been the best catharsis for me and it might work for you too.”— Mariel Alvarez, thoughtcatalog.com
“I sometimes look at this typewriter and wonder when it's going to run out of good words. I don't want that to happen.”— Stephen King, amazon.com
“I sat down and it just came out. Flew out. It's like this story has been sitting in my brain for years, taking up space.”— Amy Sherman-Palladino, Lorelai Gilmore, Lauren Graham, imdb.com
“Keep a journal. Journaling is a powerful life tool. It can help you to organize your thoughts, plan how to achieve your goals, and get in touch with your true feelings and wants.”— Marelisa, daringtolivefully.com
“Destruction leads to a very rough road, but it also breeds creation.”— Red Hot Chili Peppers, open.spotify.com
“Written kisses. If you can’t be with your partner, you still give them a kiss. Placing your lips against a letter you’ve written can show your desire even from far away.”— Bella Pope, herinterest.com
“The love of literature, of language, of the mystery of the mind and heart showing themselves in the minute, strange, and unexpected combinations of letters and words, in the blackest and coldest print--the love which he had hidden as if it were illicit and dangerous, he began to display, tentatively…”— John Edward Williams, amazon.com
“There was an intimacy in writing that was somehow absent from personal interactions.”— Sarah Lotz, amazon.com
“Poets who think their art is an opportunity to communicate the bleakness of their lives should reconsider.”— Garrison Keillor, mprnews.org
“Write first with a pen. It’s too easy on the computer to change a word, then forget what it was. Also, don’t get too social. Write for whatever holy thing you believe in, not for your poetry workshop fellows. And dare once in a while to throw a poem away. The main thing is to know that your craving…”— Mary Oliver, writersalmanac.org
“I was very careful never to take an interesting job. Not an interesting one. I took lots of jobs. But if you have an interesting job you get interested in it. I also began in those years to keep early hours. … If anybody has a job and starts at 9, there’s no reason why they can’t get up at 4:30 or 5…”— Mary Oliver, writersalmanac.org