“I do not know how one becomes the type of person who makes her bed, but I have a sneaking suspicion it begins by making my bed.”— Dana Schwartz, lithub.com
“A writing career is like a pangolin driving a semi truck through a taco bell. Everyone is very impressed, but no one stops to think how many fortunes had to align to make that happen.”— Sam Sykes, twitter.com
“All my life I dreamed of being a writer. I knew that, if I worked hard enough, one day I would reap the reward for my efforts, that people would finally take me seriously for my literary merit.”— Myke Cole, twitter.com
“We all know it: writing — literally just the act of sitting down and starting to write — is physically impossible.”— Katie Heaney, thecut.com
“I am not a disability writer. I’m a writer, period. I write about disability sure, but also, pop culture and music and grief and joy and whatever I feel like.”— Keah Brown, twitter.com
“I think people in most careers experience this, but writers tend to pathologize it, claiming 'writer’s block' and, like, an absent 'muse' or whatever. I don’t think either of those things are real! Or, if they are, they’re not really excuses to not get anything done.”— Katie Heaney, thecut.com
“It just needs to be done, so I can say I’ve accomplished something today.”— Katie Heaney, thecut.com
“Writing a novel is all about leaving breadcrumb trails for yourself and having the presence of mind to be able to look back and see those trails and use them wisely.”— Jami Attenberg, twitter.com
“Writing has ALWAYS been hard for me, both when I had all the time in the world and none at all. That doesn't change. Never want to do it, but always happy that I did.”— Sarah Dessen, twitter.com
“I’m not usually one for aphorisms, but I think as writers we all worry we’re doing it wrong. However you get there is how you get there. And to those struggling to fit writing into an already too-busy, too-stressful life, you have all my love and admiration.”— Kiersten White, twitter.com
“The right way to write is whenever and however you can. I’m proud of you for working to figure out how to create and craft your stories. You got this.”— Kiersten White, twitter.com
“The best editors take the book you give them and don’t make it their own version or vision—they give you the insight and feedback you need to make it even more yours.”— Kiersten White, twitter.com
“Let me be clear, most of the writing I did today was trash. That's not me being humble or self-deprecating. It's just fact.”— Roxane Gay, twitter.com
“I tell people I'm just a secretary for my own mind: Something comes into my head, and I write it down.”— Steven Wright, avclub.com
“About five years ago, somebody showed me some web sites that had my material all over them, and I thought that was fascinating. One reason was, I'd never seen my jokes written one right after another like that. I write on drawing paper—I don't even like lines on the paper—so I have notebooks all ove…”— Steven Wright, avclub.com
“The idea comes, then the wording comes within 25 seconds. And then it’s done. And if I say it and it doesn’t work, I don’t change it, I get rid of it.”— Steven Wright, theguardian.com
“You must understand that when you are writing a novel you are not making anything up. It's all there and you just have to find it.”— Thomas Harris, amazon.com
“Nevertheless, in order to produce more equality and uniformity in the defense of any doctrine, its fundamental principles must be committed to writing. May these two volumes therefore serve as the building stones which I contribute to the joint work.”— Adolf Hitler, amazon.com