Write only if you cannot live without writing.
Write only what you alone can write.

― Elie Wiesel

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[What is the secret to successful writing?]
Read.
Write.
Rewrite.
All three. Forever and ad nauseous. And then some more.

—Joe Gores

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A lot of people talk about writing.
The secret is to write, not talk.

—Jackie Collins

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Writing and rewriting
are a constant search
for what one is trying to say.

—John Updike

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When I began to write,
I found out that this was
the best way to make sense of my life.

—John Cheever

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How to Deal with the Voices In Your Head

How to Deal with the Voices In Your Head

  At least Dr. Jekyll was never both himself and Mr. Hyde at the same time (for more modern readers, that should say, “At least Dr. Banner was never both himself and the Hulk at the same time,” if you catch my drift—who was it that said, “There are no new...