“Tonight I sat down to write and found nothing happening. This has happened to me ten thousand times before and no time has it ever been helped by berating myself, yet that's immediately what I did. It's weird how this job induces selective amnesia.”— Sam Sykes, twitter.com
“You know what to say, though you may have buried it so deep it needs excavating. So no more excuses, dispense with the wordplay, don't waste time being timid. Unearth it, write it.”— Quiara Alegría Hudes, twitter.com
“Writing short stories is much more difficult for me than books. I started SIX short stories before I settled on 'Midnights. Part of the problem is, I like to really BUILD characters and relationships. But you have to get in and get out, with a short story.”— Rainbow Rowell, twitter.com
“Deadline writing is 99% procrastinating and then 1% oh crap where did the time go I'm in trouble.”— Lauren DeStefano, twitter.com
“When I write, I feel like I don't understand life. When I edit, I feel like I don't understand writing.”— Lauren DeStefano, twitter.com