#block

Art is not in some far-off place. ↗

— Lydia Davis

#creativity #writer-s-block #art

We let ourselves loose on that simple blank piece of paper, and our bodies spill. The terror, the love…embodying our stories page after page. In a sense, the pen was our tongue, it is how we delineate the world. ↗

— Coco J. Ginger

#jamie-weise #journaling #love #overcoming #pages

When words don't come easy, I make do with silence and find something in nothing." ~ Strider Marcus Jones, Poet ↗

— Strider Marcus Jones

#nothing #silence #solitude #writers-block #inspirational

Writer's block is caused by forcing your will on the Divine. ↗

— Chriscinthia Blount

#inspirational #inspirational-quotes #quotes-about-writing #quotes-to-live-by #spirituality

If you get stuck, get away from your desk. Take a walk, take a bath, go to sleep, make a pie, draw, listen to ­music, meditate, exercise; whatever you do, don't just stick there scowling at the problem. But don't make telephone calls or go to a party; if you do, other people's words will pour in where your lost words should be. Open a gap for them, create a space. Be patient." [The Guardian, 25 February 2010] ↗

— Hilary Mantel

#distraction #inspiration #openness #problem-solving #procrastination

The only reason you can't write is because you don't. ↗

— A.A. Patawaran

#writer-s-block #writing #inspirational

Everybody in Spain is sick of me. But in America, there's curiosity about the new kid on the block who doesn't speak English very well. The attention makes me feel vulnerable, which is something I hadn't felt in a while. But I like it. ↗

— Javier Bardem

#america #attention #block #curiosity #english

'American Idol' has done a great job of defaming my name and throwing a lot of mud at me for the past two years, so that set up a lot of roadblocks for me. ↗

— Corey Clark

#american idol #done #great #great job #idol

Since the dawn of time, traditional marriage - the union between one man and one woman - has been the building block of civilization, and at no point in our nation's history has that foundation been under more severe attack than now. ↗

— Jim DeMint

#been #between #block #building #building block

Trying to write books with a subject matter or in a genre or style you're not familiar with is the best way to find the Big Block looming. ↗

— Jeffery Deaver

#best way #big #block #books #familiar