All literature, is, finally autobiographical. ~ Jorge Luis Borges

All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath. ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald

The act of writing is the act of discovering what you believe. ~ David Hare

In the writing process, the more the story cooks, the better. The brain works for you even when you are at rest. I find dreams particularly useful. . . . You can only learn to be a better writer by actually writing. ~ Doris Lessing

All writing begins in the sea of experience. ~ Barry Lane

I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotion. ~ James Michener

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream. ~ Jorge Luis Borges

Thinking is the activity I love best and writing to me is simply thinking through my fingers. ~ Isaac Asimov

In writing a novel, when in doubt, have two guys come through the door with guns. ~ Raymond Chandler

I think I did pretty well, considering I started out with nothing but a bunch of blank paper. ~ Steve Martin

I really believed that anything at all was worth writing about if you cared about it enough, and that the best and only necessary justification for writing any particular story was that I cared about it. ~ Susan Orlean, Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup , p. xiii

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