#write

One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time and in others' minds. ↗

— Alfred Kazin

#make #minds #oneself #others #paper

When a writer talks about his work, he's talking about a love affair. ↗

— Alfred Kazin

#affair #his #love #love affair #talking

I write plays for people who wouldn't be seen dead in the theatre. ↗

— Barrie Keeffe

#i #i write #people #plays #seen

It's commonly said that people who've been ill in childhood and who've had an upset education never really regret that they do. It means that you don't look at the world in the way that other people do, and if you were inclined to be a writer, that's a help. ↗

— John Keegan

#childhood #commonly #education #had #help

And if you don't live, you have nothing to write about. ↗

— Maynard James Keenan

#live #nothing #write #you

For me, life is writing and I can do it anywhere. It doesn't matter where I am. I listen. I write. I live. ↗

— Maynard James Keenan

#anywhere #i #i am #i can #i write

I formed a resolution to never write a word I did not want to write; to think only of my own tastes and ideals, without a thought of those of editors or publishers. ↗

— C. S. Forester

#editors #formed #i #ideals #my own

Being a professional writer is not an easy way to make a living. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

#easy #easy way #living #make #professional

But if you really love to write and you really love to tell stories and you really love to draw, you just have to keep doing it no matter what anybody says. ↗

— William Joyce

#doing #draw #just #keep #love

To do justice to a lifelong dream of being a writer, I must give it the intense concentration and focus I gave to track. To do both with excellence is not possible. It is with a sense of sadness and joyous anticipation that I leave track and move on. ↗

— Florence Griffith Joyner

#being #both #concentration #dream #excellence