#roc

Writing like this is a little like milking a cow: the milk is so rich and delicious, and the cow is so glad you did it. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#writers #writing-process #life

Those who speak in spiritual terms routinely refer to God as creator but seldom see "creator" as the literal term for "artist". I am suggesting you take the term "creator" quite literally. You are seeking to forge a creative alliance, artist-to-artist with the Great Creator. Accepting this concept can greatly expand your creative possibilities. ↗

— Julia Cameron

#spirituality #writing-life #life

Confession: I don't want to be one of my characters. I'm mean to them sometimes. Really mean. ↗

— Michelle M. Pillow

#character #michelle-pillow #quote #writing-life #writing-process

And all I could do while I listened to this dude tell me how punk rock saved his life was think, Wow. Why did my friend waste all that time going to chemotherapy? I guess we should have just played him a bunch of shitty Black Flag records. ↗

— Chuck Klosterman

#cancer #life-saver #punk-rock #saved-my-life #life

Writing starts with living. ↗

— L.L. Barkat

#writing-advice #writing-life #writing-philosophy #writing-process #life

I believe that what we want to write wants to be written ↗

— Julia Cameron

#writing-process #inspirational

You must have been working very hard here, with so few distractions.” Mary’s eyes darkened and she looked away. “Not quite as much as I hoped for. At times the loneliness and the unanswered questions can get overwhelming, like very loud voices echoing inside my head, just asking ‘why’ ‘who’ and making me think about my wasted life. ↗

— Olga Núñez Miret

#fbi #police-procedural #psychiatry #rape #serial-killer

I hate writing, I love having written. ↗

— Dorothy Parker

#writing-process #love

Be prepared for the worst, my love, for it lives next door to the best. ↗

— Melina Marchetta

#love

It starts so young, and I'm angry about that. The garbage we're taught. About love, about what's "romantic." Look at so many of the so-called romantic figures in books and movies. Do we ever stop and think how many of them would cause serious and drastic unhappiness after The End? Why are sick and dangerous personality types so often shown a passionate and tragic and something to be longed for when those are the very ones you should run for your life from? Think about it. Heathcliff. Romeo. Don Juan. Jay Gatsby. Rochester. Mr. Darcy. From the rigid control freak in The Sound of Music to all the bad boys some woman goes running to the airport to catch in the last minute of every romantic comedy. She should let him leave. Your time is so valuable, and look at these guys--depressive and moody and violent and immature and self-centered. And what about the big daddy of them all, Prince Charming? What was his secret life? We dont know anything about him, other then he looks good and comes to the rescue. ↗

— Deb Caletti

#garbage #heathcliff #jay-gatsby #love #men