Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.
There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
The scariest moment is always just before you start.
If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.
All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.
Being a writer is a very peculiar sort of a job: it’s always you versus a blank sheet of paper (or a blank screen) and quite often the blank piece of paper wins.
I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the things I’m afraid of.
You can make anything by writing.
This is how you do it: you sit down at the keyboard and you put one word after another until its done. It's that easy, and that hard.
Tears are words that need to be written.
You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time.
The secret to getting ahead is getting started.
The role of a writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say.
A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.
The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.
A little talent is a good thing to have if you want to be a writer. But the only real requirement is the ability to remember every scar.
Stories may well be lies, but they are good lies that say true things, and which can sometimes pay the rent.
There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story.
Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.