You're a writer. And that's something better than being a millionaire. Because it's something holy. ~ Harlan Ellison, On Being a Writer

I tried to write a TV series, and then I discovered first of all that I love writing more than anything on this earth, and that you could write exactly as well as you want to. ~ Joss Whedon

You're not going to be a writer someday. You're a writer today. Discipline yourself to write and take time to enjoy writing. Do it a lot. Have fun with it. Begin now. ~ Jack Heffron, Writer's Idea Book

I have no warm up exercises, other than to take an occasional drink. ~ E.B.White

Writing about people helps us to understand them, and understanding them helps us to accept them as part of ourselves. ~ Alice Walker

Hard writing makes easy reading. ~ Wallace Stegner

A great writer is, so to speak, a second government in his country. And for that reason no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones. ~ Alexander Solzhenitsyn

I found I'm quite happy working on a sentence for an hour or more, searching for the right phrase, the right word. I compare it to the work of a stone cutter — chipping away at the raw material until it's just right, or as right as you can get it. ~ Harriet Doerr

As a writer, I don't think it's my responsibility to make a point. ~ Tama Janowitz

Writing is like praying, because you stop all other activities, descend into silence, and listen patiently to the depths of your soul, waiting for the true words to come. When they do, you thank God because you know the words are a gift, and you write them down as honestly and as cleanly as you can. ~ Sister Helen Prejean, Death of Innocents

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