you, what you fear,
what you have not
been willing to speak
about. Be willing to be
split open.
Natalie Goldberg
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WRITER
YOUR AND MIND BECOME
DIVIDED
BETWEEN YOUR MANY SELVES
- UNKNOWN
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WE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO STAY up PAST 12AM
FINISHING A STORY,
WE'RE MISUNDERSTOOD AND UNDERPAID,
WE SPEND ouR FREE TIME FIXING PLOT
BUNNIES.
But WE BRING TO LIFE CHARACTERS AND A
WORLD THAT SOCIETY NEVER KNEW ABOLIT.
BECAUSE WE REMEMBER BEING LIKE you,
WANTING TO ESCAPE FROM REALITY.
AM A WRITER... AND I LOVE IT,
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NOT BE FORGOTTEN..."
ISABEL ALLENDE
Made witn by
www.wordsonimages.com
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do not change lead
into gold; they change
the world into words."
—William H. Gass
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EXACTLY PEOPLE
THEY'RE A WHOLE
BUNCH OF PEOPLE
TRYING TO BE ONE
PERSON."
- F, SCOTT FITZGERALD
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you must tell
stories."
—Umberto Eco
WriteAfHw»w.cm
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Writer
THIS MEANS I LIVE IN A
CRAZY FANTASY
WORLD WITH UNREALISTIC
EXPECTATIONS
THANK
FOR UNDERSTANDING
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(and your friends)
IRea11y
a writer?
Am I
REALLY
an artist?"
Chances are
you are,
The counterfeit innovator is
wildly self.confident.
The real one
is
scared
to
death.
Steven Pressfield •the Far Of Art •
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(G yoo wish
writer,
write,
Epictetus
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writer is a
monster
courting
insanity.
—- Franz Kafka
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differently. Every voice we
hear, every face we see,
every hand we touch could
become story fabric.
— Buj-Bl'
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way to talk without
being intenupted.
Jules "Renard
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YOU, what YOU fear,
what YOU have not
been willing to speak
about. Be willing to be
split open.
Natalie Goldberg
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fool to become
a writer.
His only
comp ensatxon
is absolute
freedom.
He has no
master except
his own soul,
and that,
I am sure,
is why he
does it.
—- Roald Dahl
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wr&er:
JGiue 8. t.JO+-FD
eruwe
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'IForget all the rules.
Forget about being published.
Write for yourself and celebrate writing."
NMelinda Haynes
@ Belinda Witzenhausen 2012
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does WRiTiNq TEACIH US?
FiRST ANd fOREMOST, iT REMiNdS US
TIAAT WE ARE Alive ANd TIAAT iT is A
qifT ANd A pRivi[eqe, NOT A RiqÅT.
RAY BRAdbuRY
WRiTERSREliEf.COM
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by writing. "
— C.S. LEWIS
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WE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO STAY up PAST 12AM
FINISHING A STORY,
WE'RE MISUNDERSTOOD AND UNDERPAID,
WE SPEND ouR FREE TIME FIXING PLOT
BUNNIES.
But WE BRING TO LIFE CHARACTERS AND A
WORLD THAT SOCIETY NEVER KNEW ABOUT.
BECAUSE WE REMEMBER BEING LIKE you,
WANTING TO ESCAPE FROM REALITY.
AM A WRITER... AND I LOVE IT,
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book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn...
American writing comes from that. There was
nothing before. There has been nothing as good
since.
(Ernest Hemingway)
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you must tell
stories."
—Umberto Eco
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story so tell it yourself No one
can write your story so write it
yourself
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"The role of a writer
is not to say what we
all can say, but
we are unable to
Anais
what
say.
Xin
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For a writer, life consists of
either writing or thinking
about writing.
- Eugene Ionesco
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for the mind."
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wetT7N6 ts MOE TRAN
ts Foe OTREE PØPLE.
- TROMAS MANN
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by writing. '
— C.S. LEWIS
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writers are desperate people and when they stop being desperate they stop being writers. Votes: 3
Charles BukowskiI mean being a writer is like being a psychoanalyst, but you don't get any patients. Votes: 2
Al AlvarezBeing a writer is great, and being a parent is great, and I hate Marching Band. Votes: 2
MaryJanice DavidsonI knew I wanted to be a writer before I knew that being a writer was possible. Votes: 2
Dani ShapiroI knew that I wanted to be a writer even before I knew exactly what being a writer entailed. Votes: 2
Dan SimmonsThe great thing about being a writer is that you are always recreating yourself. Votes: 0
Martin Cruz SmithWhat's this business of being a writer. It's just putting one word after another. Votes: 0
Irving ThalbergIn addition to being a writer, I'm a librarian - professionally trained and everything. Votes: 0
Theresa BreslinBeing a writer can be isolating. It's good to be among readers and booksellers. Votes: 0
Lev GrossmanAny writer who pretends to a disaffection for recognition, I think they're being duplicitous. Votes: 0
Harlan EllisonBeing a writer means taking the leap from listening to saying 'Listen to me'. Votes: 0
Jhumpa LahiriThe tension between standing apart, and being fully involved; that is what makes a writer. Votes: 0
Nadine GordimerComing from Canada, being a writer and Jewish as well, I have impeccable paranoia credentials. Votes: 0
MordecaiYou're a writer. And that's something better than being a millionaire. Because it's something holy. Votes: 0
Harlan EllisonThe number one secret of being a successful writer is this: marry an English major. Votes: 0
Stephen AmbroseInspiration is just one requirement for being a writer. Another is keeping regular working hours. Votes: 0
Zelda PopkinComing from Canada, being a writer and Jewish as well, I have impeccable paranoia credentials. Votes: 0
Mordecai RichlerUpon being asked by a fan how to become a writer, Stephen King replied, "Write. Votes: 0
Stephen KingBeing a writer is like having homework every night for the rest of your life. Votes: 0
Lawrence KasdanTo be honest, I've never had an easy relationship with being a writer, though I persist. Votes: 0
Peter GizziThere's an obvious romance to being the drinking writer. But if I'm drinking, I'm not writing. Votes: 0
Liz BrixiusPart of being a writer is defending your vision and not caving in to outside pressures. Votes: 0
Jennifer CrusieFor me, a writer is already being the deuce of his mission, his occupation to society. Votes: 0
Wole SoyinkaThe downside of being a writer is you get plenty of time to overthink your life. Votes: 0
Donald MillerIntense study of the Bible will keep any writer from being vulgar, in point of style. Votes: 0
Samuel Taylor ColeridgeThe nice thing about being a writer is that you can make magic happen without learning tricks. Votes: 0
Humphrey CarpenterWhat I try to capture as a writer is the feeling of being alive, of being awake. Votes: 0
Jenny OffillMy primary ambition is to be a fiction writer... Being a critic wasn't an aspiration of mine. Votes: 0
Walter KirnDo I mind being called a chick-lit writer? Well, it's not the worst thing that could happen. Votes: 0
Marian KeyesI've been accused of being a minimalist writer. I don't like a lot of verbiage in there. Votes: 0
Kathy ReichsI've enjoyed being a famous writer-except that every once in a while you have to write something. Votes: 0
Ken KeseyI have a healthy appetite for solitude. If you don't, you have no business being a writer. Votes: 0
Will SelfI'm good at being by myself. I guess if you're a writer you get used to that. Votes: 0
Chuck KlostermanBeing a good writer may result in your being nicer to more people, having a bigger positive impact. Votes: 0
Marty NemkoBeing a good observer is a great tool to have as a writer, just taking the world in. Votes: 0
Lauren ConradThis is what drives a young writer out of his head, this feeling that nothing is being said. Votes: 0
William SaroyanBeing a famous writer is a little like being a tall dwarf. You're on the edge of normality. Votes: 0
John UpdikeIn the middle of the silence in a writer's house lies an invalid: the book being worked on. Votes: 0
Richard EderMost of my success, I feel, comes from being a good editor as opposed to a great writer. Votes: 0
Tucker MaxNow, being a science fiction writer, when I see a natural principle, I wonder if it could fail. Votes: 0
Rudy RuckerI got a lovely check today from being a writer that I earned by sitting at home. That's rewarding. Votes: 0
Harvey FiersteinBeing famous as a writer is like being famous in a village. It's not really any very heady fame. Votes: 0
Peter CareyI knew that I wanted to be a writer even before I knew exactly what being a writer entailed Votes: 0
Dan SimmonsIt implies a slight failure as a writer that you are reduced to being a ghostwriter for the money. Votes: 0
Robert HarrisI never studied writing, but I'd always been a reader and had a secret fantasy about being a writer. Votes: 0
Jon KrakauerI don't think of the characters as being good or bad because that doesn't help me as a writer. Votes: 0
Bryan CogmanTelling a writer to relax is like telling a man to relax while being prodded for a possible hernia. Votes: 0
William ZinsserI love being a writer in a medium where they have to ask you, 'Can I change this line?' Votes: 0
Bruce Joel RubinI think our material is our lives. That's part of being a modern writer, and we have to use it. Votes: 0
Anne RoipheI think as a writer, it's important to show the other part of being gay, not only the sex part. Votes: 0
Luis NegronIf there is a category of human being for whom his work ought to speak for itself, it is the writer. Votes: 0
Isaac Asimov