A quote by Alan W. Watts
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A quote by Alan W. Watts
Writing a book is a fine and fleeting thing. We need to have a larger vision. Think of writing as a lifetime relationship.
Natalie Goldberg • Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
So you have to write when you’re not “inspired.” ... And the weird thing is that six months later, or a year later, you’re going to look back and you’re not going to remember which scenes you wrote when you were inspired and which scenes you wrote because they had to be written.
Neil Gaiman’s Advice to Aspiring Writers
It could be a line you heard.
Natalie Goldberg • Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
A writer can still write while hiding from the thought police. But a writer who carries the thought police around in his head, who always feels compelled to ask: Can I say this? Do I have a right? Is my terminology correct? Will my allies get angry? Will it help my enemies? Will it get me ratioed on Twitter?—that writer’s work will soon become life
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