Quotes by Writing If you try to control it too much, the book is dead. You have to let it fall apart quite early on and let it start doing its own thing. And that takes nerve, not to panic that the book you were going to write is not the book you will have at the end of the day. Anne Enright writingbookfall If you truly love a book, you should sleep with it, write in it, read aloud from it, and fill its pages with muffin crumbs. Anne Fadiman sleepwritingbook Something amazing happens when the rest of the world is sleeping. I am glued to my chair. I forget that I ever wanted to do anything but write. The crowded city, the crowded apartment, and the crowded calendar suddenly seem spacious. Three or four hours pass in a moment; I have no idea what time it is, because I never check the clock. If I chose to listen, I could hear the swish of taxis bound for downtown bars or the soft saxophone riffs that drift from a neighbor's window, but nothing gets through. I am suspended in a sensory deprivation tank, and the very lack of sensation is delicious. Anne Fadiman citiessleepwriting When I write after dark", observed Cyril Connolly, "the shades of evening scatter their purple through my prose Anne Fadiman purpledarkwriting If my father were still writing essays, every full-grown 'girl' would probably be transformed into a'woman'. Anne Fadiman girlwritingfather Muses are fickle, and many a writer, peering into the voice, has escaped paralysis by ascribing the creative responsibility to a talisman: a lucky charm, a brand of paper, but most often a writing instrument. Am I writing well? Thank my pen. Am I writing badly? Don't blame me blame my pen. By such displacements does the fearful imagination defend itself. Anne Fadiman voiceresponsibilitywriting I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn. Anne Frank life-changingwritingkids Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me. Not only because I’ve never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year old school girl. Oh well, it doesn’t matter. I feel like writing. Anne Frank girlwritingschool When I write I can shake off all my cares. My sorrow disappears, my spirits are revived. Anne Frank caresorrowwriting I want to go on living even after my death! And therefore I am grateful to God for this gift, this possibility of developing myself and of writing, of expressing all that is in me. I can shake off everything if I write; my sorrows disappear; my courage is reborn. But, and that is the great question, will I ever be able to write anything great, will I ever become a journalist or a writer? Anne Frank gratefulsorrowwriting I can recapture everything when I write, my thoughts, my ideals and my fantasies. Anne Frank my-thoughtsfantasywriting I haven't written for a few days, because I wanted first of all to think about my diary. It's an odd idea for someone like me to keep a diary; not only because I have never done so before, but because it seems to me that neither I-nor for that matter anyone else-will be interested in the unbosomings of a thirteen -year -old schoolgirl. Still, what does that matter? I want to write, but more than that, I want to bring out all kinds of things that lie buried deep in my heart. Anne Frank heartwritinglying I want to write, but more than that, I want to bring out all kinds of things that lie buried deep in my heart. Anne Frank writinginspirationallying There's something happening everyday, but I'm too tired and lazy to write it all down. Anne Frank lazytiredwriting Let's not talk about it any more, but if you still want anything please write to me about it, because I can say what I mean much better on paper. Anne Frank paperwritingmean This book blew me away. Kelly Parra writes with the keen eye of an artist. Graffiti Girl is warm, gutsy, and true-to-life - an unflinching, honest portrayal of young adults. A seamless and impressive debut. Anne Frasier girlwritingbook Anything John Stott says is worth listening to. Anything he writes is worth reading. Basic Christianity is not only a classic must-read for every believer; it is truly a blessing preserved on the written page for the enrichment of this generation and those to come. Anne Graham Lotz readingblessingwriting My life's goal is not to write books; my life's goal is to know God better today. The neat thing about a goal like that is you can achieve it. Faith is constant; it's a relationship. Anne Graham Lotz goalwritingbook You are going to feel like hell if you never write the stuff that is tugging on the sleeves in your heart--your stories, visions, memories, songs: your truth, your version of things, in your voice. That is really all you have to offer us, and it's why you were born. Anne Lamott writingsongmemories I still encourage anyone who feels at all compelled to write to do so. I just try to warn people who hope to get published that publication is not all it is cracked up to be. But writing is. Writing has so much to give, so much to teach, so many surprises. That thing you had to force yourself to do - the actual act of writing - turns out to be the best part. It's like discovering that while you thought you needed the tea ceremony for the caffeine, what you really needed was the tea ceremony. The act of writing turns out to be its own reward. Anne Lamott writinggivingpeople«7980818283848586878889»
